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- Type 1
The number of obese patients who need hospital treatment has soared from 1,800 to nearly 9,000 in just five years.
Between 2006 and 2007, the NHS in England conducted 1,800 bariatric procedures, where the patient's primary diagnosis was obesity, and this figure soared to 8,600 last year.
The data, from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), also shows that there were 304,200 hospital admissions wholly attributable to alcohol in 2011/12 - a 27.9% rise from 2008/09.
And the number of hospital procedures paid for by the NHS but carried out by the private sector has increased by nearly 11% in one year, according to the figures.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...eatment-for-obese-patients-soars-8273593.html
Between 2006 and 2007, the NHS in England conducted 1,800 bariatric procedures, where the patient's primary diagnosis was obesity, and this figure soared to 8,600 last year.
The data, from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), also shows that there were 304,200 hospital admissions wholly attributable to alcohol in 2011/12 - a 27.9% rise from 2008/09.
And the number of hospital procedures paid for by the NHS but carried out by the private sector has increased by nearly 11% in one year, according to the figures.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...eatment-for-obese-patients-soars-8273593.html