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Diabetes: Children

Asked by Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 115263

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of 18 were newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years, and how many of those cases involved hospital admission through accident and emergency departments.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The information is not held in the format requested.

Information is held on the count of finished admission episodes on emergency admissions and those made through accident and emergency (A&E) departments for patients aged between zero and 17 years old with a primary diagnosis of 'type 1 diabetes' for activity between 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Year

Total admissions (including non- emergency)

All emergency admissions (including those not made via A&E department)

Emergency admissions made via the A&E department

2020/21

6,006

5,569

3,771

2021/22

7,120

6,561

4,483

2022/23

6,508

6,027

4,175

2023/24

6,271

5,792

4,179

2024/25

6,013

5,537

4,171

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS England

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