Orthopaedics
(asked on 19th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on lower limb amputations in each of the last five years.
The information is not available in the format requested.
The table below shows the estimated total cost of limb amputations. The table shows the cost of amputation of single or multiple limb but does not differentiate between lower or upper and single or multiple amputation stump or partial foot amputation procedures for diabetes or arterial disease.
Estimated total cost (£ million) | |||
Year | Limb amputations unspecified | Amputation for diabetes or arterial disease | Total |
2012-13 | £53.0 | £23.0 | £76.0 |
2013-14 | £52.7 | £45.0 | £97.7 |
2014-15 | £56.5 | £44.4 | £100.9 |
2015-16 | £59.1 | £47.1 | £106.2 |
2016-17 | £59.2 | £48.3 | £107.5 |
Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Reference Costs
The table below shows the estimated total cost of rehabilitation for the amputation of limb in each of the last five years.
Year | Estimated costs (£ million) |
2012-13 | £5.4 |
2013-14 | £7.3 |
2014-15 | £6.9 |
2015-16 | £7.3 |
2016-17 | £6.8 |
Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Reference Costs
The data source for the table is from reference costs, which are the average unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by healthcare resource group, which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use common levels of healthcare resource. Reference costs represent the cost to the NHS provider, not the cost to the commissioner.