{"id":1319,"date":"2018-09-25T11:24:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2018-09-25T11:24:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T10:24:22","slug":"rising-diabetes-levels-increase-amputations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/rising-diabetes-levels-increase-amputations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Diabetes Levels Increase Amputations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data recently reported in The Times has shown a dramatic increase in the number of foot amputations for people with diabetes in the UK.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the numbers of people developing diabetes in the UK is also increasing, especially Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

The three-year period from 2014 to 2017 recorded almost 4000 more amputations related to diabetes than the period 2010 \u2013 2013.<\/p>\n

In total 19,073 foot or toe amputations took place over the later period.<\/p>\n

Amputation of a toe or foot due to loss of nerve sensation in the foot
\nis a risk for people who suffer from diabetes. Early recognition of symptoms is vital if the patient is to avoid this appalling outcome.<\/p>\n

Speak to a solicitor<\/p>\n

If you or a loved one are suffering with the long-term impact of a diabetes-related disability because your GP did not recognise your symptoms, call us to talk to a specialist medical negligence solicitor.<\/p>\n

It may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation which could help you to cope with the impact of your disability.<\/p>\n

Please call us on 0800 234 3300<\/a> (or from a mobile 01275 334030<\/strong><\/a>) or complete our Online Enquiry Form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data recently reported in The Times has shown a dramatic increase in the number of foot amputations for people with diabetes in the UK. Likewise, the numbers of people developing diabetes in the UK is also increasing, especially Type 2 diabetes. The three-year period from 2014 to 2017 recorded almost 4000 more amputations related to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1142],"tags":[1341,1342,1343],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news","tag-diabetes-amputations","tag-diabetes-disability","tag-foot-amputations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}