Drug-related hospital statistics
Scotland 2019 to 2020
A National Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 15 June 2021
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
Metadata
Publication title
Drug-Related Hospital Statistics Scotland from 2019/2020.
Description
Data relating to general acute and psychiatric hospital stays with a diagnosis of drug misuse. These data are presented at a national level and also broken down by demographic characteristics/local geographies.
Theme
Lifestyle and behaviours
Topic
Substance use
Format
HTML and PDF summary with online dashboard
Data source(s)
General acute inpatient/day case records (SMR01)
Mental health inpatient/day case records (SMR04)
Date that data are acquired
SMR01: 4 May 2021; SMR04: 4 May 2021
Release date
15 June 2021
Frequency
Annual
Timeframe of data and timeliness
General acute (SMR01) – information from the period 01/04/1996 to 31/03/2019. Analysis based on the period 1996/97 to 2019/20.
Psychiatric (SMR04) –information from the period 01/04/1996 to 31/03/2019. Analysis based on the period 1997/98 to 2019/20.
General acute & psychiatric combined (SMR01 & SMR04) – information from the period 01/04/1996 to 31/03/2020. Analysis based on the period 1997/98 to 2019/20.
Continuity of data
Revisions statement
All data are revised annually to reflect any changes to analysis and to ensure the most complete information is presented. Data for the most recent financial year are labelled as provisional and may be subject to change in forthcoming publications. Minor revisions of this nature are often due to incomplete data returns at the time of the previous publication.
Revisions relevant to this publication
In previous publications, the ‘multiple/other’ drug category comprised the following ICD-10 codes:
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F16 |
Mental and behavioural disorders due to: Hallucinogens |
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F18 |
Mental and behavioural disorders due to: Volatile Solvents |
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F19 |
Mental and behavioural disorders due to: Multiple/Other Drugs |
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T40.6 |
Poisoning by narcotics: Unspecified Narcotics |
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T40.8 |
Poisoning by narcotics: LSD |
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T40.9 |
Poisoning by narcotics: Unspecified Hallucinogens |
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T52* |
Toxic effect of organic solvents |
*Provided at least one of the ICD-10 mental and behavioural codes were present (F11-F16, F18, or F19).
In this publication, the codes F16, T40.8 and T40.9 were brought together to form a new 'hallucinogen' drug type category, while the remainder of the codes listed above were retained in the 'multiple/other' category.
This has had the effect of slightly reducing the number of drug-related hospital stays that were attributed to 'multiple/other' drugs. In 2019/20, there were 3,432 stays with 'multiple/other' drug category recoded, and 183 stays where hallucinogens were recorded. If the original coding had been used there would have been 3,597 stays in the ‘multiple/other’ category. Please note that there may be more than one drug-related diagnostic code recorded on a stay, so the sum of stays associated with individual drug categories will not be equal to the overall total of drug-related stays.
Concepts and definitions
See Glossary.
Also, refer to:
Hospital care - background information (external website)
ScotPHO - drug misuse (external website)
Relevance and key uses of the statistics
Relevant to understanding substance use in Scotland. Statistics will be used for policy making and service planning.
Accuracy
Quality checks are conducted by Public Health Scotland (PHS) (previously Information Services Division (ISD)). Figures are compared to previously published data and expected trends.
Completeness
Details of data submission issues are available on the SMR completeness webpage (external website).
Comparability
The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publishes figures on hospital admissions for drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders in England but should not be directly compared with published data from Scotland. For more information see the background information on the PHS hospital care webpage (external website).
Accessibility
It is the policy of PHS to make its websites and products accessible according to published guidelines (external website).
Coherence and clarity
Data are presented within an interactive dashboard workbook. Notes have been added to ensure technical terms can be understood.
Value type and unit of measurement
Numbers, percentages and European Age-sex Standardised Rates per 100,000.
Disclosure
The PHS protocol on Statistical Disclosure Protocol (external website) is followed to protect patient confidentiality.
Official Statistics designation
Accredited National Statistic
UK Statistics Authority Assessment
Completed assessment by UK Statistics Authority, report published 4 April 2012.
Last published
27 October 2020
Next published
Winter 2021/22
Date of first publication
1998
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Date form completed
04 June 2021
Early access details
Pre-Release Access
Under terms of the "Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008", PHS is obliged to publish information on those receiving Pre-Release Access ("Pre-Release Access" refers to statistics in their final form prior to publication). The standard maximum Pre-Release Access is five working days. Shown below are details of those receiving standard Pre-Release Access.
Standard Pre-Release Access
Scottish Government Health Department
NHS Board Chief Executives
NHS Board Communication leads
PHS and Official Statistics
About Public Health Scotland (PHS)
PHS is a knowledge-based and intelligence driven organisation with a critical reliance on data and information to enable it to be an independent voice for the public’s health, leading collaboratively and effectively across the Scottish public health system, accountable at local and national levels, and providing leadership and focus for achieving better health and wellbeing outcomes for the population. Our statistics comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics (external website) in terms of trustworthiness, high quality and public value. This also means that we keep data secure at all stages, through collection, processing, analysis and output production, and adhere to the 'five safes (external website)'.