Oldham has the ninth highest percentage of hospitalised diabetes patients with type 2 diabetes in England

Public Health England’s National Diabetes Audit for 2015 recorded 14.4% of hospital beds at the Royal Oldham Hospital occupied by diabetes patients. The Royal Oldham had the ninth highest percentage of hospitalised type 2 diabetes patients in England and just 1.4% of the diabetes patients audited at the hospital had type 1 (genetic/inherited) diabetes.

National hospital diabetes patient audit 2015

National hospital diabetes patient audit 2015