- FoI Number
- 2023-576
- Subject
- A&E Paracetamol Overdoses
- Date Received
- 19/12/2023
- Request and Response
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- Specifically, I am looking for the number of A&E admission for paracetamol overdoses from 2020 to 2023 in NHS Shetland.
Year
No of Attendances
2020
11
2021
31
2022
18
2023
34
Grand Total
94
Responses are based on the number of A&E attendances where the presenting complaint or diagnosis includes Paracetamol Overdose.- Age of people presenting at A&E with a primary diagnosis of paracetamol overdosing (above and below 15 years old)
Age of Patient
No of Attendances
15 and below
12
Above 16
82
- Is it possible to discriminate which ones were intentional and which were unintentional?
30 of the 94 attendances were identified as intentional self harm.
- Is it possible to know if these overdoses were linked to a cause (e.g., dental pain, back pain)
No
