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Leading Leeds employer proud to celebrate diversity at the heart of the city
5 August 2016: Forty staff from major Leeds employer NHS Digital are preparing to parade through the streets for the 10th anniversary of Leeds Pride. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - August 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Rising cost of drugs for diabetes approaches £1 billion per year
The net ingredient cost (NIC)(2) of drugs for diabetes has increased by £88.0 million in 2015/16, bringing the annual primary care prescribing spend on this drug classification to £956.7 million - around £2.6 million per day, figures published today show. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - August 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hospital admissions for poisoning by illicit drugs up by more than 50 per cent in a decade
There were 14,280(2) hospital admissions(3) with a primary diagnosis of poisoning by illicit drugs in 2014/15 - a rise of 57 per cent since 2004-05(4). (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - July 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

First ever annual statistical publication for FGM shows 5,700 newly recorded cases during 2015-16
21 July 2016: There were 5,700 (2) newly recorded (3) cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) reported in England during 2015-16, according to the first ever publication of annual statistics. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - July 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Antidepressants show greatest increase in number of prescription items dispensed
5 July 2016: 3.9 million more items of antidepressant drugs dispensed in 2015 than in 2014 (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - July 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

More than a million alcohol-related hospital admissions in 2014-15
30 June 2016 (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - June 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hospital acquired foot ulcers reduced by 50 per cent since diabetes inpatient audit launched
27 June 2016 · Clinical audit shows a significant fall in foot ulcers but few changes in other patient harms and a continuing lack of specialist staff in many hospitals (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - June 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Proportion of women giving birth recorded as smokers falls to lowest level since series began in 2006/07
16 June 2016: New figures published today show the national annual percentage of women recorded as smokers at the time of giving birth has fallen below the national target. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - June 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hospital or home? Report sheds light on number of people with learning disabilities[1] receiving inpatient care
2 June 2016: A report published today provides an overview of the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism receiving inpatient care in hospital. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - June 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hospital admissions estimated to be attributable to smoking go up by 5 per cent in ten years
(Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - May 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

EPS 'highly commended' at prestigious awards ceremony
26 May 2016: The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) has been highly commended at the prestigious HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016, which recognise innovation and cost savings of hundreds of millions of pounds for the NHS. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - May 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New figures released on data sharing opt-outs
17 May 2016: New figures published today show counts of opt-outs registered in general practice that prevent patients' data held on their GP record being shared outside a GP practice for purposes other than direct care (known as type 1 opt-outs). (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - May 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Three quarters of inpatient bariatric surgery procedures performed on women
28 April 2016: Women underwent 76 per cent of bariatric surgery procedures2 3 4 performed by the NHS during 2014-15, according to the latest figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - April 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New report sheds light on GP practice workforce
27 April 2016: New official figures published today detail all staff who provide health and care services within the GP practice workforce. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - April 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New trading name and new Chair for HSCIC
Two exciting developments have been announced about HSCIC's future by Life Sciences Minister George Freeman. (Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre)
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre - April 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news