Asthma postcode lottery condemned
06 May 08
Source: Press Association
Asthma sufferers face an 'unacceptable' postcode lottery when it comes to essential services, a charity has said.
A report by Asthma UK to mark World Asthma Day found 'disturbing' differences in emergency admissions for children across the country, with those in the North West at greatest risk.
Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT), with the highest number of child emergency admissions, dealt with eight times as many cases as Richmond & Twickenham PCT, which had the lowest number of admissions.
The charity said the figures demonstrated a link between high levels of emergency admissions and low levels of service.
The Wish You Were Here? report called for a National Service Framework for asthma to be put in place as soon as possible to outline consistent standards of service.
