Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children have been admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of asthma in (i) the Canterbury district and (ii) each of the Kent parliamentary constituencies in each year since 2010.
NHS Digital has provided the following data that detail the count of hospital finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of asthma, broken down by children under 18 and adults over 18 for Canterbury Local Authority District, and each Westminster parliamentary constituency in Kent for the financial years 2010-11 to 2017-18:
Canterbury Local Authority District:
Year | Children | Adults |
2010-11 | 35 | 145 |
2011-12 | 45 | 120 |
2012-13 | 30 | 150 |
2013-14 | 35 | 170 |
2014-15 | 45 | 165 |
2015-16 | 55 | 190 |
2016-17 | 55 | 135 |
2017-18 | 55 | 75 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital
Data for FAEs in Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Kent is attached.
A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.