Kidney Diseases: West Midlands

(asked on 15th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of people with diabetes in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency and (b) the area covered by the NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board have had a urine-to-albumin ratio (ACR) test in the last year.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 21st March 2023

The following table shows the number of people with diabetes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency that had a urine-to-albumin ratio (UACR) test during the audit year from January 2021 to March 2022, broken down by diabetes type.

Birmingham, Selly Oak

England

Diabetes type

Total

UACR

Percentage

Total

UACR

Percentage

Type 1

505

245

48.5

250,125

124,440

49.8

Type 2 and other

6,670

3,855

57.8

3,289,925

1,997,825

60.7

Source: National Diabetes Audit

The following table shows the number of people with diabetes in NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board that had a UACR test during the audit year from January 2021 to March 2022, broken down by diabetes type.

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

England

Diabetes type

Total

UACR

Percentage

Total

UACR

Percentage

Type 1

4,765

2,215

46.5

250,125

124,440

49.8

Type 2 and other

83,565

51,435

61.6

3,289,925

1,997,825

60.7

Source: National Diabetes Audit

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