Shock rise in young diabetes amputees as numbers treble but 'may be higher'

The number of young people who have amputations due to diabetes has trebled in the last 10 years.

Records show that in the last year alone, 17 people below the age of 29 have had limbs removed – up from six in 2011-12, and just two in 2009-10.

But it is feared the figure is far worse because the pandemic has caused a backlog in diagnosis and amputations.