Table 10

Total annual National Health Service (NHS) cost (at 2017/2018 prices) of wound care attributable to managing 3.8 million patients with a wound and cost per patient, stratified by healing

Total NHS cost for all patients (£ million)Mean annual NHS cost per patient
Healed woundsUnhealed woundsHealed woundsUnhealed wound
Abscess152.1281.40£604.88£1977.94
Burn140.23104.40£754.81£2922.16
Diabetic foot ulcer490.11787.25£2874.36£5056.71
Leg ulcer (arterial)53.7041.56£2623.83£4061.31
Leg ulcer (mixed)143.77459.11£4684.15£6411.01
Leg ulcer (unspecified)379.58337.77£1901.79£2089.98
Leg ulcer (venous)422.562781.49£2036.67£7886.05
Open wound127.5152.84£421.83£1515.03
Pressure ulcer90.44481.54£747.75£5972.28
Surgical wound389.92157.01£884.11£2024.49
Trauma83.7812.31£358.09£831.63
Unspecified273.48276.13£533.82£3146.03