FOI REF: 16/401 29 th September 2016 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT I am responding to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. The answers to your specific questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with an extract from the hospital episode data for every admission where the external cause was an animal for 2015 and 2016 to date, including: The date of the admission. The age of the person injured. The specie of the animal that caused the injury. The variety/breed of the animal that caused the injury. A description of the injury. If the injury was fatal. (Yes or No) Including but not limited to incident that were logged under the following codes: W53 - Bitten by rat W54 - Bitten or struck by dog W55 - Bitten or struck by other mammals W56 - Contact with marine animal W57 - Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods W58 - Bitten or struck by crocodile or alligator W59 - Bitten or crushed by other reptiles X20 - Contact with venomous snakes and lizards X21 - Contact with venomous spiders X23 - Contact with hornets X25 - Contact with other specified venomous arthropods X26 - Contact with venomous marine animals and plants X27 - Contact with other specified venomous animals X28 - Contact with other specified venomous plants X29 - Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant
Please see attached excel document and note the further information provided below. Whilst I can confirm that we hold the information in relation to the age of the patient and date of admission, we are not prepared to disclose this information as the patient could be identified and this would breach the principles of the Data Protection. I am therefore applying a section 40(2) exemption under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Personal Information of third parties. However, we have provided the age range for each patient and the month of admission in response to your Freedom of Information request. Further details regarding the variety, breed or specie of the animal that caused the injury are not held centrally. To obtain further details would require a manual review of patient records. Section 12(1) of the Act allows a public authority to refuse to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of compliance would exceed the appropriate limit, as defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (the Regulations). These state that this cost limit is 450 for public authorities which are not part of central government or the armed forces. The costs are calculated at 25 per hour per person regardless of the rate of pay, which means that the limit will be exceeded if the work involved would exceed 18 hours. The Trust estimates that the cost of complying with this request would significantly exceed the above limit. If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Should you be dissatisfied with the Trust s response to your request, please write to Lynette Wells, Director of Corporate Affairs, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (lynette.wells2@nhs.net) quoting the above reference. Yours sincerely Jo Shoesmith Freedom of Information Manager
FOI 16/401 Animal Incident This table displays a list of patients who were admitted to hospital with an animal injury for the period of 1st January 2015 to date. (Date Pulled: 22nd September 2016) Year Month Age Group Description 2015 Jan 21-30 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Feb 51-60 W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged 2015 Feb 11-20 W578 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Mar 71-80 W550 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS AT HOME Discharged 2015 Mar 71-80 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Mar 81-90 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Mar 81-90 W544 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN ROAD Discharged 2015 Mar 61-70 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Mar 11-20 W557 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS ON FARM Discharged 2015 Mar 71-80 W557 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS ON FARM Discharged 2015 Mar 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Apr 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Apr 21-30 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Apr 31-40 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2015 Apr 81-90 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2015 Apr 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 May 61-70 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 May 71-80 W550 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS AT HOME Discharged 2015 May 51-60 X230 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES AT HOME Discharged 2015 Jun 71-80 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jun 61-70 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jun 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jun 11-20 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jun 21-30 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2015 Jul 61-70 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 91+ W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged
Year Month Age Group Description 2015 Jul 61-70 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 21-30 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 21-30 X230 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES AT HOME Discharged 2015 Jul 31-40 W578 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 41-50 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 11-20 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Jul 61-70 W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged 2015 Aug 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 71-80 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 21-30 X238 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 11-20 W578 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 61-70 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 21-30 X218 CONTACT WITH VENOMOUS SPIDERS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 21-30 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 71-80 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Aug 21-30 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 0-10 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 61-70 X238 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 61-70 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2015 Sep 21-30 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 11-20 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 21-30 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 81-90 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2015 Sep 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Sep 31-40 X219 CONTACT WITH VENOMOUS SPIDERS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged
Year Month Age Group Description 2015 Sep 31-40 W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged 2015 Oct 51-60 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Oct 71-80 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Nov 61-70 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Nov 61-70 W557 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS ON FARM Discharged 2015 Nov 41-50 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Nov 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Nov 81-90 W544 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN ROAD Discharged 2015 Dec 81-90 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Dec 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2015 Dec 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jan 71-80 W544 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN ROAD Discharged 2016 Jan 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jan 61-70 X230 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES AT HOME Discharged 2016 Feb 61-70 W550 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS AT HOME Discharged 2016 Feb 51-60 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Feb 71-80 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Mar 0-10 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Apr 51-60 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Apr 51-60 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Apr 0-10 W558 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Apr 41-50 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Apr 51-60 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2016 May 41-50 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 May 21-30 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 May 61-70 W578 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 May 21-30 W548 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 May 41-50 W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged 2016 Jun 51-60 W558 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN OTHER SPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jun 61-70 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jun 31-40 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jun 61-70 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged
Year Month Age Group Description 2016 Jun 41-50 W550 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS AT HOME Discharged 2016 Jun 61-70 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jun 41-50 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jun 61-70 X230 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES AT HOME 2016 Jul 41-50 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 11-20 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 41-50 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 11-20 W570 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS AT HOME Discharged 2016 Jul 0-10 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 81-90 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 91+ W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 31-40 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 41-50 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 61-70 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 21-30 W549 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 0-10 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 51-60 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Jul 21-30 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 41-50 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 11-20 W540 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG AT HOME Discharged 2016 Aug 71-80 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 71-80 W544 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY DOG IN ROAD Discharged 2016 Aug 41-50 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 71-80 X239 CONTACT WITH HORNETS, WASPS & BEES IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 61-70 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Aug 31-40 W575 BITTEN OR STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN TRADE/SERVICE AREA Discharged 2016 Sep 41-50 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Sep 0-10 W579 BITTEN/STUNG BY NONVENOMOUS INSECT/ARTHROPODS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Sep 51-60 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged 2016 Sep 61-70 W559 BITTEN OR STRUCK BY OTHER MAMMALS IN UNSPECIFIED PLACE Discharged
FOI 16/401 Animal Incident This table displays the data on the 'Animal Incident' tab grouped together. Broken down by Year, Month and Age Group (Date Pulled: 22nd September 2016) Year 2015 2016 Month Age Group 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91+ Total Jan 1 1 Feb 1 1 2 Mar 1 1 1 3 2 8 Apr 1 1 2 1 5 May 1 1 1 3 Jun 1 1 1 1 1 5 Jul 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 10 Aug 1 1 4 3 3 1 2 15 Sep 2 1 2 2 2 1 10 Oct 1 1 2 Nov 1 1 2 1 5 Dec 1 1 1 3 Jan 1 1 1 3 Feb 1 1 1 3 Mar 1 1 Apr 1 1 3 5 May 2 2 1 5 Jun 1 2 1 4 8 Jul 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 15 Aug 1 1 1 2 1 3 9 Sep 1 1 1 1 4 Total 12 9 15 13 13 17 21 13 7 2 122