Rise in emergency admissions for respiratory disease in city

Emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disease increased in West Yorkshire, new figures show.

- by Harriet Sutton

It comes as the number of admissions in England rose to its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic.

A respiratory health charity said this number "should be going down, not up", and called on the Government for more focus on respiratory care.

Respiratory diseases include asthma, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, and are the third biggest cause of death in England.

They are often linked to smoking, air pollution and exposure to hazardous building materials such as asbestos.

NHS England figures show there were 37,440 emergency hospital admissions for respiratory disease in the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board area in 2023-24-up two per cent from 36,670 the previous year.