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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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From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
10 July 2014
Last updated:
24 September 2026
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  1. Added link to new annual data.

  2. Removed survey callout box.

  3. Added annual data for the financial year April 2024 to March 2025.

  4. Added survey request.

  5. Added annual data for the financial year April 2023 to March 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  15. First published.

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Annual data from 2025 to 2026 is now provided in the annual epidemiological commentaries

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gram-negative-mrsa-and-mssa-bacteraemia-and-c-difficile-infections-annual-epidemiological-commentaries

C. difficile (CDI) infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location, up to financial year 2024 to 2025

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C. difficile (CDI) infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location, up to financial year 2023 to 2024

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C. difficile (CDI) infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location, up to financial year 2023 to 2024 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location, up to financial year 2022 to 2023

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and sub-integrated care board location, up to financial year 2022 to 2023 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2021 to 2022 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2020 to 2021

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2020 to 2021 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2019 to 2020

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2019 to 2020 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2018 to 2019

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C. difficile infections: financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2018 to 2019 (open source)

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C. difficile infections: quarterly counts by acute trust and CCG, and financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2017 to 2018

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C. difficile infections: quarterly counts by acute trust and CCG, and financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2016 to 2017

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C. difficile infections: quarterly counts by acute trust and CCG, and financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2015 to 2016

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C. difficile infections: quarterly counts by acute trust and CCG, and financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2014 to 2015

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C. difficile infections: quarterly counts by acute trust and CCG and financial year counts and rates by acute trust and CCG, up to financial year 2013 to 2014

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Details

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 UK Government Web Archive.

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