Gloucestershire Health and Care- NHS Trust logo
with you, for you
Responses > Hospital Admissions Related to Sunbed Injuries

Freedom of Information request Hospital Admissions Related to Sunbed Injuries

Response published: 20 March 2025

FOI Request

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

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 411-2025

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

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.

  1. 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
  1. 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
    • 0– Burn from exposure to therapeutic ultraviolet radiation
    • Y– Other specified burn from exposure to artificial source of ultraviolet radiation
    • 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
  1. 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

Timeframe

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

Our response:

The Trust does not hold the information requested. Please contact Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.