Jane Ellison corrected a written answer on Irritable Bowel Syndrome

8 February 2016 · Commons written answer · Department of Health

Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford) asked written question 24429 on 27 January 2016. Jane Ellison answered on 4 February 2016 for the Department of Health, and Jane Ellison corrected the answer on 8 February 2016. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 100,000, 115,000, 146,000, 240. Altogether 102 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age group and gender were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

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Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome ~~(IBD)~~ in each of the last five years is not collected. The two main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine whereas Crohn's disease affects the whole of the digestive system. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that ~~ulcerative colitis has an incidence~~ in the ~~United Kingdom of approximately 10 per 100,000 people annually,~~ and a prevalence of ~~approximately 240 per 100,000. This amounts to around 146,000 people~~ in ~~the UK with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. In addition to this, there are currently at least 115,000 people in the UK with Crohn's disease.~~	Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in each of the last five years is not collected. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that IBS prevalence in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. Recent trends indicate that there is also a significant prevalence of IBS in older people.

Original

Corrected

Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome ~~(IBD)~~ in each of the last five years is not collected.
The two main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine whereas Crohn's disease affects the whole of the digestive system.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that ~~ulcerative colitis has an incidence~~ in the ~~United Kingdom of approximately 10 per 100,000 people annually,~~ and a prevalence of ~~approximately 240 per 100,000. This amounts to around 146,000 people~~ in ~~the UK with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. In addition to this, there are currently at least 115,000 people in the UK with Crohn's disease.~~

Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in each of the last five years is not collected.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that IBS prevalence in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. Recent trends indicate that there is also a significant prevalence of IBS in older people.

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