FOI_8147

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8147

Date Request Received: 10/09/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 01/10/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: A&E Tooth Decay Admissions

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: How many patients were admitted to A&E with tooth decay in the last 3 years (Between April 6 - April 5, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24) Broken down by year. 1a) Of those, how many were aged between 5 and 17? 1b) Of those, how many were aged 17 and above?

Answer To Question 1: Please see response in the spreadsheet attached. As stated, following confirmation with the requester, we have separated out the number of attendances (by year and age group) where tooth decay was a presenting complaint in ED versus the number of attendances were this was diagnosed during the ED attendance. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI_8147 - A&E Tooth Decay Admissions response.xlsx
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