Freedom of information requests

Hospital Admissions due to Psychedelics Consumption

Questions

1. How many times ‘microdosing’ psychedelic substances was included as a reason for hospital admissions in your trust in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date.
2. How many times the consumption of psychedelic substances in any quantity was included as a reason for hospital admissions in your trust in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date.
   
   Such substances include but are not limited to:
   
   -Magic Mushrooms (e.g. Psilocybin)
   -MDMA
   -LSD
   -DMT
   -Ayahuasca (e.g. Harmaline)
   -Salvia
   
   Please break this down by drug, year and patient age.
   
   

Response

Ans.

Following a search of our electronic files and records, the information you have requested is not held by us as our admission codes do not include “microdosing”. Therefore, there is no recorded information held to answer this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.