Maria Caulfield corrected a written answer on Lymphoedema

21 February 2022 · Commons written answer · Department of Health and Social Care

Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford) asked written question 121749 on 9 February 2022. Maria Caulfield answered on 21 February 2022 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Maria Caulfield corrected the answer on 21 February 2022. The corrected text adds the figures 20,521, 22,928, 25,512, 26,394, 29,688, which the original did not give. Altogether 18 words differ between the two versions.

The 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 and corrected answer

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

Original

Corrected

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.
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Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

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

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