NHS figures just released show a sharp increase in children being treated for eating disorders. In England 2000 children were treated with 197 under the age of 13 being admitted to hospital. The figures from 35 hospitals were procured under the Freedom of Information Act.
Statistics released from the NHS Information Centre show that there was a 12% increase last year in prescriptions handed out to deal with alcohol dependency in England. The figures cited compared the prescribing of two particular drugs in 2009 with that in 2008. However, experts caution that it may be a matter of increased willingless of patients to face their addiction rather than an increase in alcoholism itself.
Statistics released yesterday give further information on cocaine addiction. Previous research had indicted a rise in hospital admissions due to cocaine abuse; now the newest data indicates a rise by 20% in deaths attributable to cocaine. This figure is the highest for eight years.
Statistics released by the Department of Health reveal that suicides rates in England are at an all time low in England. The Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced the publication of the annual report on suicide prevention which draws on data from 2007. He also announced the imminent publication of a new strategy for mental health: New Horizons which will "will focus on promoting positive mental health and wellbeing"
