{"value":{"id":1639611,"askingMemberId":1453,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-05-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","uin":"186316","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are admitted to hospital each year with urinary tract infections; what the cost was to the public purse of the NHS of treating people with urinary tract infections in the last financial year; and whether the NHS plans to take steps to improve options for community-based services to treat urinary tract infections.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4527,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-06-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The following table shows the number of people admitted to hospital each year in the last five years with urinary tract infections (UTIs).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>184,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>179,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>135,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>152,695</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England</p><p>Data for 2021/22 is latest data available. We cannot provide data on the total cost to the NHS of treating patients with UTI in the last financial year (2022/23). <br> <br> NHS England published on 9 May 2023 its Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. This sets out proposals to improve options for community-based services to treat urinary tract infections. Appropriately trained community pharmacists will be commissioned to provide a clinical service to care for patients with urinary symptoms, providing timely access to assessment, information and advice.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Urinary Tract Infections: Medical Treatments","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1639611","method":"GET"}]}