{"value":{"id":1237991,"askingMemberId":4436,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-29T00:00:00","uin":"95681","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospital admissions and (b) deaths related to (i) benzodiazepines, (ii) z drugs and (iii) antidepressants were recorded in the last year.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4380,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-10-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Information on hospital admissions and deaths in hospital settings only related to benzodiazepines and antidepressants is shown in the following tables. We are unable to provide data for Z drugs in the format requested. It should be noted that this is not a count of people, as an individual may have more than one admission in any given period.</p><p>The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in 2019/20 with primary diagnosis of benzodiazepines and antidepressants and a count of FAEs in 2019/20 with any diagnosis of benzodiazepines and antidepressants. Activity in English National Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis - benzodiazepines</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis - antidepressants</p></td><td><p>All diagnosis - benzodiazepines</p></td><td><p>All diagnosis - antidepressants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>6,454</p></td><td><p>14,898</p></td><td><p>14,402</p></td><td><p>29,199</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows a count of finished discharge episodes in 2019/20 with primary diagnosis of benzodiazepines and antidepressants who passed away. Activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis - benzodiazepines</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis - antidepressants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p>Source: HES, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Prescription Drugs","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1237991","method":"GET"}]}