Respiratory Diseases: Washington and Gateshead South
(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Washington and Gateshead South constituency compared with national averages.
Data is available for emergency finished admission episodes (FAEs) where there was a primary diagnosis of 'respiratory conditions’. The following table shows the number of FAEs where there was a primary diagnosis of 'respiratory conditions’ for Washington and Gateshead South and England, for activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector, for 2024/25 and provisionally for 2025/26:
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Westminster Parliamentary Constituency of Residence | 2024/25 (August 2024 to March 2025) | 2025/26 (April 2025 to December 2025, provisional) |
Washington and Gateshead South | 1255 | 1000 |
England | 612,855 | 511,558 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS England | ||
Available data on trends in respiratory conditions can be found on the Department’s Fingertips website. Data is not available by parliamentary constituency. Data is available at regional, county, unitary authority and integrated care board level and information for Gateshead is available at the following link: