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Written question asked by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 17 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2014. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Monday, 24 November 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Hospitals: Admissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital for cold-related illnesses of people aged (a) 0 to 14 years, (b) 15 to 19 years, (c) 20 to 64 years and (d) 65 and over there have been in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

This information is not available in the format requested. The Health and Social Care Information Centre has advised that the term 'cold-related illness' is too broad to be indexed in the classification system used within the Hospital Episode Statistics database.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
214564
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Admissions Hospitals Weather
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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