SURGE IN ASTHMA DEATHS
Daily Mirror UK|April 24, 2024
Care crisis as sufferers failed
MARTIN BAGOT
SURGE IN ASTHMA DEATHS

ASTHMA deaths have soared as the under-staffed NHS struggles to help patients support their condition, a report has found.

There were 1,465 deaths in 2023, up 27% from 1,151 in 2010. The latest five-year average is 1,507.

Research shows around two-thirds were preventable with a major risk factor being sufferers not getting a timely follow-up appointment after a hospital admission.

The 5.4 million Brits with the condition "are s being failed", the Asthma + Lung UK report claims.

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