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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Monday, 26 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 February 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 March 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Orthopaedics: Diabetes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) diabetes-related limb removal procedures and (b) non-diabetes-related limb removal procedures took place in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

NHS Digital was able to provide the following data that details the count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary diagnosis of diabetes and a main procedure of amputation, for the financial years between 2007-08 and 2016-17.

Due to clinical coding limitations, NHS Digital was unable to provide data for non-diabetes related limb removal procedures that took place in each of the last 10 years as it is not possible to determine if an amputation is not related to the diagnosis of diabetes in some way.

Year

FCEs

2007-08

2,001

2008-09

2,070

2009-10

2,070

2010-11

2,238

2011-12

2,253

2012-13

1,686

2013-14

1,544

2014-15

1,682

2015-16

1,790

2016-17

2,042

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Note:

A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
129819
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Diabetes Orthopaedics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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