{"id":4538,"date":"2026-03-02T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erobella.com\/lust\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:43:20","slug":"nhs-hospital-admissions-for-rectal-foreign-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erobella.com\/lust\/en\/nhs-hospital-admissions-for-rectal-foreign-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Hospital Admissions for Rectal Foreign Bodies (2021\u20132025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>505 hospital admissions in 2025 cost the NHS an estimated \u00a3429,250<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Freedom of Information data obtained from NHS England shows that 505 people were admitted to hospital in 2025 with a <em>foreign object in the rectum<\/em> recorded as the primary diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on average procedure costs, these admissions have cost the NHS an estimated \u00a3429,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>505 hospital admissions in 2025 (Jan\u2013Aug)<br><\/li><li>Estimated NHS cost in 2025 is \u00a3429,250<br><\/li><li>3,732 total admissions between 2021\u20132025<br><\/li><li>Estimated NHS cost (2021\u20132025): \u00a33,172,200<br><\/li><li>74% of incidents (2021\u20132025) involved men<br><\/li><li>23% of cases occurred among males aged 51 and older<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center; 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