38625 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 22 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	38625 (2025)
Question asked:	07 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Chlöe Swarbrick
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	18 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_38625_2025
Document guid:	a8736d66-07e9-4e2b-9951-bcbfaad37d39

38625 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Health: How many hospital admissions were there for alcohol related incidents or harm in the most recent year that data was available, and how does that compare to the previous 5 years, broken down by year?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that Health New Zealand's hospitalisation data is coded using the ICD-10 system. I am further advised that this specific information, as requested by the Member, is not currently held by Health New Zealand.