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Written question asked by Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 February 2024. It was answered by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 March 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Injuries

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel reported non-freezing cold injuries in each year since 2018.

Answer

The number of UK Armed Forces personnel with a record for a Non-Freezing Cold Injury (NFCI) in each year since 2018 is presented in the table below:

Year

Number

2018

406

2019

334

2020

263

2021

354

2022

302

2023

421

The data is compiled from the following medical, safety and casualty reporting systems to provide the most complete picture possible:

  1. Defence Medical Information Capability Programme
  2. MOD Health and Safety reporting systems
  3. Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Notification of Casualty system
  4. Defence Patient Tracking System

These systems have been searched for coded information or text entries relating to NFCI: information entered as free text is not included.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15825
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Armed forces Injuries Temperature
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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