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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 9 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2022. It was answered by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Monday, 21 February 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Lymphoedema

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with lymphoedema in the UK in each of the last five years.

Original answer

NHS Digital have provided a count of patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Lymphoedema, recorded for each year from 2016-17 to 2021-21 (inclusive).

The data represents activity in NHS Hospitals in England and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector.

It is important to note that in any given year a patient will only be counted once, but it is possible that the same patient may be counted in multiple years.

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

The answer was corrected by Maria Caulfield (Conservative)

on Monday, 21 February 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Corrected answer

NHS Digital have provided a count of patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Lymphoedema, recorded for each year from 2016-17 to 2021-21 2020-21 (inclusive).

The data represents activity in NHS Hospitals in England and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector.

It is important to note that in any given year a patient will only be counted once, but it is possible that the same patient may be counted in multiple years.

Year

Number of patients

2016/17

20,521

2017/18

22,928

2018/19

26,394

2019/20

29,688

2020/21

25,512

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121749
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Lymphoedema
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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