Female Accident and Emergency attendances for various factors

Request 855865958​

What are the statistics on female patient visits to accident and emergency, aged 16 - 65 years old where drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, domestic violence, homelessness, or mental health were cited as primary cause for the visit, from 2019 to 2025?

Response

Annual data for Emergency Department (ED) attendances recorded from 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2025 for female patients aged 16 to 65 (inclusive) at attendance, where drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, domestic violence, homelessness, or mental health were recorded as the reason for attendance are detailed in the table.

Figures relate to distinct attendances rather than the number of unique patients; where multiple attendances by the same patient are recorded, each is counted.

These figures have been derived through reporting which relies upon the presence of specific terms in 'diagnosis' and 'presenting problem' fields in the Patient Administration System. ED attendances related to sexual assault cannot be directly reported or identified from the central record system, as this is not distinctly categorised in the available field options. The diagnosis and presenting problem fields are primarily designed to capture the presenting medical need(s), rather than the circumstances surrounding an attendance, causation or contributing factors. Whilst details would be documented within individual patient records, the resource required to complete a manual review of all attendance records to identify and extract the data requested would exceed the timescales prescribed in the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. Therefore, Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Attendances for medication-induced side effects (alternatively termed as drug-induced side effects) are excluded from the data.

Since the implementation of the current Patient Administration System in May 2023, some information that was previously available is no longer captured or reported in the same way, reducing visibility of certain activity. Resultantly, differences in annual activity may reflect changes in data availability and recording practices rather than changes in service demand.

Data source: TrakCare ED Dataset (ED5A), Maxims ED Dataset (ED001DM)

Article applied

Article 16 A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.