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<p>NHS Digital have provided a count of patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis
of Lymphoedema, recorded for each year from 2016-17 to <del class="ministerial">2021-21</del>
<ins class="ministerial">2020-21 </ins>(inclusive).</p><p>The data represents activity
in NHS Hospitals in England and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent
sector.</p><p>It is important to note that in any given year a patient will only be
counted once, but it is possible that the same patient may be counted in multiple
years.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Number of patients</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">20,521</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">22,928</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018/19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">26,394</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">29,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">25,512</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p>Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p>
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