EXCLUSIVE: Asthma admissions to hospital soar with NHS treating 200 cases every day
Figures show there were 77,261 last year — up 47 per cent in five years.Credit: Getty - ContributorIt comes amid increasing concern over aSome experts blame lack of basic care for the toll.It includes an annual review with a GP or nurse in which inhaler technique is checked and an action plan on managingOthers blame climate change, with its extreme hot and cold weather triggering breathlessness and tightness in the chest.
Dr Samantha Walker, of Asthma UK, said: “The unrelenting rise in hospital admissions for asthma is alarming. “The reasons aren’t clear but the figures reinforce our concern that not enough people are receiving basic
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