New research shows stark North-South divide in hospital admissions for lung disease across the UK.
The number of people needing emergency hospital treatment for asthma, emphysema and other lung conditions is three times higher in some parts of the UK than in the richest areas of the country, new research has shown.
That night her fiance Keagan went upstairs after hearing a thump to find her unconscious on the floor. He called an ambulance and then phoned Amy's parents who lived around the corner."I went in, and she was lying in the doorway of the bedroom, upstairs on the landing. Keagan was doing CPR and she wasn't breathing."Paramedics arrived and managed to get Amy's heart started again before rushing her to hospital.
During the pandemic, the number of hospital admissions fell sharply as those most at-risk shielded from Covid, while lockdown also suppressed other viruses which can set off a serious asthma attack. The evidence shows there is a strong link to deprivation, according to ALUK's chief executive Sarah Woolnough.
Across the whole UK, the cost to the health service of lung disease is put at £11bn a year, with COPD alone now theIf just a fraction of those patients could be kept out of A&E, then it could save the NHS many millions of pounds.In Greater Glasgow and Clyde, about 500 people with COPD are being monitored at home, in a pioneering scheme designed to pick up health problems early.
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