Fall in hospital diabetes patients over last decade

Hospitalisation rates for heart failure and diabetes have fallen substantially in the last decade, according to a new report.

The third annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System shows there has been a 40% reduction in in-hospital mortality rates for those hospitalised with a heart attack.

The hospitalisation rate for diabetes fell by 30% between 2007 and 2014 to 129 per 100,000 population. It stood at 94 per 100,000 in 2016.