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Request received
Media request received about obesity.
Our response
In response to the query about obesity, we have supplied the following:
A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) for specified age groups with a primary diagnosis of the following:
(a) hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
(b) diabetes
(c) asthma
(d) internal derangement of knee
(e) gallstones
(f) gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
(g) sleep apnoea
With a separate count of FCEs for a presence of a secondary diagnosis for obesity for any of the above listed conditions in England from 2014/15 to 2019/20.
Team: HES
Last edited: 9 April 2021 10:22 am