BMJ 2001;322:957-958 ( 21 April )

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National survey of use of hospital beds by adolescents aged 12 to 19 in the United Kingdom

Editorial by Macfarlane and Blum

R M Viner, consultant in adolescent medicine and endocrinology. 

Department of Medicine, University College London, London W1T 3AA

R.Viner@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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In contrast to North America and Australia, little attention has been paid to the use of health services by adolescents in the United Kingdom. The incidence of survival from chronic illness in young people is increasing. The care of adolescents is becoming a quality issue for the NHS. ^{1 2} Health data are rarely available in the United Kingdom on adolescents as a separate group, with standard data dividing young people into those aged under 14 years or those aged 15-44 years.³ A study of the use of psychiatric beds by adolescents in England and Wales is presently being undertaken by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (A O'Herlihy, personal communication). Previous regional studies have been undertaken, ^{4 5} but reliable national data to guide the provision of other hospital services to adolescents are not available.

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