Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of ulcerative colitis there has been in each of the last three years.

Norman Lamb

Annual incidence data for ulcerative colitis is not collected. In its guidance, Ulcerative colitis, Management in adults, children and young people, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has estimated that there are 146,000 people in the United Kingdom with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.