UK service personnel amputations: financial year 2022/2023

Abstract: This annual report provides statistical information on the number of UK service personnel who suffered an amputation for the five-year period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023. An amputation is the traumatic (accidental) or surgical removal of part of the body, and can range from the loss of entire limbs, to the loss of part of a finger or toe. The number of “significant multiple amputees”, comprising of the loss of more than one limb, and the number of UK service personnel with an amputation who have been medically discharged have been provided.