Vaping Related Admissions

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Dear NHS Hospital Trust,

I am making a Freedom of Information request for the following information:

Can you specify how many patients have been admitted by your Trust’s A&E department as a result of vaping fluids laced with either cannabis, or derivatives like tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or Spice and or similar synthetic cannabinoids, in the in each of the last five calendar years.

Can you also specify the total number of patients admitted as a result of vaping standard fluids, eg tobacco derivatives.

Can you also break this down by gender and the following age brackets: Under 16, Under 18, Under 25 and 26 and over.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Buckwell

FOI - Freedom Information Officer, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Buckwell,     

Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Response - Request Ref: NGFOI 19/20: 572.     

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