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Friday 09 May 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8519

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8519

Date Request Received: 17/03/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 21/03/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Hospital Admissions Related to Sunbed Injuries

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to obtain data regarding the number of hospital admissions related to sunbed injuries. Specifically, I request the following information in whichever format is easiest to provide: SNOMED, ICD-11, or free text.

Timeframe for all questions:-

For each month over the past five years (2019–2024), please provide the total number of individuals recorded.

Sunbed Admissions (SNOMED)

The number of hospital admissions for patients presenting with sunbed-related injuries, classified under:
• 403588002 – Addiction to sunbed use (disorder)
• 242537009 – Exposure to man-made ultraviolet light (event)
• 466293001 – Ultraviolet tanning device (physical object)

If possible, please also include:
• Age group (e.g.: under 18, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85-94, 95-100, over 100)
• Gender of the patient
• Brief description of the reason for admission
• Treatment received for the injury
 
Answer To Question 1:
We are unable to answer this question but we have provided the data in our response to Q2.
 
Question Number 2:
Sunbed Admissions (ICD-11)

The number of hospital admissions for patients presenting with sunbed injuries, categorised under:
• EJ41 – Burn from exposure to artificial source of ultraviolet radiation
o EJ41.0 – Burn from exposure to therapeutic ultraviolet radiation
o EJ41.Y – Other specified burn from exposure to artificial source of ultraviolet radiation
o EJ41.Z – Burn from exposure to artificial source of ultraviolet radiation, unspecified

If possible, please also include:
• Age group (as above)
• Gender of the patient
• Brief description of the reason for admission
• Treatment received for the injury
 
Answer To Question 2:
0 patients admitted with any of these codes
 
Question Number 3:
Sunbed Admissions (Free Text)

The number of hospital admissions for patients presenting with sunbed injuries, provided in free text format.

If possible, please also include:
• Age group (as above)
• Gender of the patient
• Brief description of the reason for admission
• Treatment received for the injury
 
Answer To Question 3:
0 patients admitted
 
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