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Written question asked by David Evennett (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2023. It was answered by Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Obesity

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many obesity-related hospital admissions there were in each of the last five years.

Answer

Data for admissions related to obesity and hyperalimentation is only available from 2019 when it was first collected. The following table shows the number of these hospital admissions since 2019:

Year

Admissions

2022/2023

8,970

2021/2022

7,935

2020/2021

4,095

2019/2020

11,025

Source: NHS England


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6756
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Admissions Hospitals Obesity
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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