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Request received
Media enquiry received regarding the number of hospital admissions by month for being bitten or struck by a dog in the past 5 years.
Our response
In response we have provided the following:
A count of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) with a cause code of being bitten or struck by a dog in the years 2016/17- 2020/21 (provisional), broken down by month.
Last edited: 2 July 2021 1:17 pm