Diabetes: Diagnosis

(asked on 11th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with type two diabetes in each of the last five years.


This question was answered on 21st November 2016

The table below gives the number of people newly diagnosed with diabetes from 2010-11 to 2014-15, the last year for which figures are available, as recorded by the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).

Audit year

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

People newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes

217,692

225,406

187,404

159,306

153,200

It should be noted that general practice participation levels in the NDA are variable so these cannot be taken as definitive figures. It is important that diabetes statistics are accurate and up to date and both the Department and NHS England are seeking to improve rates of general practitioner (GP) participation in the audit by taking actions such as making it easier for GPs to participate.

The table below shows the coverage of the NDA in each of the audit years based on the number of participating general practices.

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

National Diabetes Audit Coverage

80.90%

87.90%

70.70%

57.10%

57.30%

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