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Accident and Emergency Departments: Injuries

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 December 2024UIN 15947

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of A&E visits resulting from animal bites.

Answered by Karin Smyth

NHS England publishes data on the number of hospital attendances, and this information is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activity/2023-24

This includes the number of attendances due to external causes, including animal bites. In 2023/24, there were 53 hospital attendances in England where the primary diagnosis was recorded as an animal bite.

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