Data on urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not collected in the format requested. However, data from the Hospital Episode Statistics database suggest that urinary tract infections have increased overall in the last five years from 167,918 consultant episodes with a primary diagnosis of UTI in 2006-07 to 245,478 consultant episodes in 2010-11, and currently form about 1% of all admissions in England. The relevant Hospital Episode Statistics are at: www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=214 The Plowman report, which was published in 1999, showed at that time the cost of treating a urinary tract infection in a national health service hospital was £1,122 per case. No more recent estimates have been made.