Written question asked by Eleanor Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 September 2019. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Friday, 4 October 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Malnutrition

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients readmitted to hospital within (a) zero to seven and (b) eight to 180 days were recorded as suffering malnutrition as a (i) primary or (ii) secondary condition (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) in the last 12 months.

Answer

NHS Digital has advised that data for the last 10 years can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

291070

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Admissions Hospitals Malnutrition

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk