Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients took receipt of an insulin pump in each region of England in each of the last three years.
Information is available on the number of people in England who are recorded as being on an insulin pump in the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) 2016-17, by NHS England Region and year started on the pump and can be found in the following table.
NHS England Region | NHS England Region Name | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Q71 | London | 165 | 200 | 175 |
Q72 | North (Yorkshire And Humber) | 80 | 105 | 130 |
Q74 | North (Cumbria And North East) | 140 | 110 | 105 |
Q75 | North (Cheshire And Merseyside) | 20 | 35 | 35 |
Q76 | Midlands And East (North Midlands) | 45 | 55 | 35 |
Q77 | Midlands And East (West Midlands) | 50 | 60 | 25 |
Q78 | Midlands And East (Central Midlands) | 75 | 70 | 70 |
Q79 | Midlands And East (East) | 105 | 110 | 100 |
Q83 | North (Greater Manchester) | 75 | 60 | 55 |
Q84 | North (Lancashire And South Cumbria) | 25 | 25 | 35 |
Q85 | South West (South West South) | 30 | 45 | 35 |
Q86 | South West (South West North) | 20 | 30 | 25 |
Q87 | South East (Hampshire, Isle Of Wight And Thames Valley) | 15 | 50 | 40 |
Q88 | South East (Kent, Surrey And Sussex) | 90 | 60 | 85 |
Notes:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-downloads/other-nhs-organisations
Not all NHS England Regions are represented in the data, as there were no specialist diabetes services from those regions that participated in the NDA 2016-17.