To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients readmitted to hospital within (a) zero to seven and (b) eight to 180 days were recorded as suffering malnutrition as a (i) primary or (ii) secondary condition (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) in the last 12 months.
Answered on
4 October 2019
NHS Digital has advised that data for the last 10 years can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care