Diabetes foot removals rise
Suspect arrested after latest attack
FOOT and leg amputations due to diabetes have increased, data reveals.
There were 7,545 lower leg amputations in the three years to 2018, an 8% rise on 6,957 leg and foot removals in 2012-15, Public Health England said.
Patients had 147,000 hospital stays for diabetic foot disease from 2015-18.
Dr Jenifer Smith, of PHE, said: “It’s a tragedy that so many people are unnecessarily having to face the life-changing consequences of diabetes.”
Team on the hunt for clues yesterday A FIFTH person has fallen victim to the same knife thug in the past few days, police believe.
The latest casualty, a man in his 30s, was in a critical condition last night after being stabbed from behind.
He was attacked near where police were staffing a cordon after four knifings at the weekend.
A man in his 30s was yesterday arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in relation to the latest stabbing in Edmonton, North London.
Police think the attacks may have been carried out by the same person.
Borough commander Chief Supt Helen Millichap said: “The investigation is progressing with pace.
“The actions of the suspect, the fact the incidents are in a similar area and the description means we are potentially only looking for one perpetrator.” Two other men have been arrested. All of the victims were stabbed from behind in unprovoked attacks.
The latest was at 5am yesterday. The injured man stumbled to the road where the police were in the cordon and collapsed. He was helped by the officers on the scene.
It is the same street where the first stabbing was carried out. Families are afraid to go outside. Resident Mike Kalongi, 28, said: “It’s really scary.”
As of last night none of the victims had died from their injuries.
Assaults including knife attacks put 4,502 people aged from 11 to 25 in hospital last year, according to figures released by around half of the NHS hospital trusts in England.
The other trusts did not provide information to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime.