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FOI Request 2103 - Antipsychotic Drugs
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Case Number 2103
Request Date 26/05/2010

Details of the Request


  1. The number of patients who are children (under 18s) who have been treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs in the last 12 months.

     
  2. Could you let me have the percentage of child patients on each atypical (eg Risperidone, 50%)
     
Please could you also break down the figure in (A) by: a) Number of children under age 5 and between 5 and 10; b) Number living in residential care homes;

Completion Date 29/06/2010


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding Atypical Antipsychotic Prescribing to Children.


The Trust’s Chief Pharmacist has responded as follows:
  1. The number of patients who are children (under 18s) who have been treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs in the last 12 months.

    3 Patients had these medicines dispensed from the pharmacy in the past year.

     
  2. Could you let me have the percentage of child patients on each atypical (eg Risperidone, 50%)

    Data not held by Pharmacy system or Patient Administration System. 
     
Please could you also break down the figure in (A) by:
  1. Number of children under age 5 and between 5 and 10;

    • Under age of 5: 0
    • Between 5 and 10: 1
       
     
  2. Number living in residential care homes;

    Unknown 
     


Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 May 2011 13:44 )