Internal Reference Number: FOI_9429
Date Request Received: 01/06/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 17/06/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Paracetamol overdose presentations 2024/25
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information on paracetamol overdose presentations at your trust/health board. Please note that where data is not held in the format requested, I would be grateful if you could provide it in whatever format is available. For the financial year 2024/25 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025), please provide the following information. If complete data for this period is not yet available, please provide the most recent 12-month period for which complete data is held, and specify the dates covered. The total number of patients who presented to your emergency department(s) with paracetamol overdose or suspected paracetamol toxicity. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  13766 - FOI_9429 - Paracetamol overdose presentations 2024-25.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Of those presentations, how many involved patients aged 17 years or under. If possible, please break this down by the following age groups: 0-11 years, 12-15 years, 16-17 years. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 3: Of all presentations, where this information is recorded, how many were classified as: (a) accidental overdose or therapeutic excess - defined as an unintentional overdose taken for therapeutic purposes; (b) intentional self-poisoning; (c) unknown or unclassified. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 4: Of all presentations, how many involved a combination product containing paracetamol - such as a cold and flu remedy, co-codamol or similar - rather than paracetamol alone? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to this FOI in the spreadsheet attached. | |
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