Diabetes UK says too many patients with diabetes are receiving inadequate care from NHS as latest figures show 135 patients a week underwent amputations
A record 135 people a week are having to undergo amputations as a result of diabetes, NHS figures show.
Previously unpublished figures from Public Health England (PHE) show that 18,080 patients with diabetes underwent an amputation of some sort between 2007 and 2010 – an average of 116 a week. The figures rose to 21,125 in 2011-14, equating to 135 a week, according to data obtained by the charity Diabetes UK.
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