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Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) infection (CDI): annual data

Annual counts and rates of C. difficile infections (CDI) by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location (SICBL) in patients aged 2 years and over.

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The latest annual publication for C. difficile infection includes the following data:

From September 2023

Results by NHS acute trust and sub-integrated care board location (SICBL)

  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection and by prior trust exposure from April 2007 to March 2023

From September 2021

Results by NHS organisation

  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection and by prior trust exposure from April 2007 to March 2021

From July 2018

Results by NHS acute trust

  • quarterly counts of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust and by onset status from April 2007 to March 2018 (table 7)
  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust and by onset status from April 2007 to March 2018 (table 8)

Results by clinical commissioning group (CCG)

  • quarterly counts of C. difficile infection by CCG and onset status from April 2009 to March 2018 (table 9)
  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection by CCG and by onset status from April 2009 to March 2018 (table 10)

For commentary on this data see MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia and C. difficile infection: annual epidemiological commentary.

From July 2014

Results by NHS acute trust

  • quarterly counts of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust from April 2007 to March 2017 - all reported cases (table 7a)
  • quarterly counts of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust from April 2007 to March 2017 - trust-apportioned cases only (table 7b)
  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust from April 2007 to March 2017 - all reported cases (table 8a)
  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection by NHS acute trust from April 2007 to March 2017 - trust-apportioned cases only (table 8b)

Results by CCG

  • quarterly counts of C. difficile infection by CCG from April 2009 to March 2017 (table 9)
  • financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection by CCG from April 2009 to March 2017 (table 10)

For older C. difficile data (January 2004 to March 2007), see the .

Updates to this page

Published 10 July 2014
Last updated 26 September 2024 show all updates
  1. Added annual data for the financial year April 2023 to March 2024.

  2. Added annual data for the financial year April 2022 to March 2023.

  3. Added annual data for the financial year April 2021 to March 2022.

  4. Added annual data for the financial year April 2020 to March 2021.

  5. Added annual data for the financial year April 2019 to March 2020.

  6. Added financial year 2018 to 2019 data and replaced name Clostridium difficile with Clostridioides difficile, to reflect changes in microbial taxonomy.

  7. Added annual data for the financial year April 2017 to March 2018.

  8. Added annual data for the financial year April 2016 to March 2017.

  9. Added annual data for the financial year April 2015 to March 2016.

  10. Annual data for the financial year April 2014 to March 2015 added.

  11. First published.

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