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Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2014. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Diabetes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had their feet amputated as a result of diabetes in each NHS commissioning area in each of the last five years.

Answer

The attached table shows both Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for finished consultant episodes with a primary diagnosis of diabetes and a primary or secondary procedure of amputation of the foot or toe, as well as National Diabetes Audit (NDA) figures for the number of diabetes patients in the audit having major or minor amputations the following year. The NDA figures are only available for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Reference should be made to the notes provided with the table when interpreting these figures.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
215009
Session
2014-15
Attachment
Diabetic Amputations 2008-13
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Diabetes Orthopaedics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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