Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 6 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 March 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Nervous System: Surgery

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had nerve transfer surgery for spinal damage in the last five years.

Answer

A count of Finished Admission Episodes with a primary diagnosis of Spinal Damage and a main or secondary procedure of nerve transfer, for England, for the financial years between 2011-12 and 2015-16 is shown in the following table.

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Finished Admission Episodes	6	7	4	9	4

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 66756
Session: 2016-17
Subjects: Surgery Nervous system
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Nervous System: Surgery

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