Written question asked by Alex Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 September 2017. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 September 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Bronchitis: Children and Young People

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were of children and young people under 24-years old with acute bronchitis in each of the last six years.

Answer

The information requested is in the table below, which shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an emergency admission method, for:

- Asthma;

- Acute bronchitis; and

- All emergency admissions.

The data is for the whole of England and those aged less than 24 years. The data is for each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.

Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector

2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Asthma	29,807	26,302	30,251	27,325	30,092	28,605
Acute bronchitis	618	626	756	830	612	529
All	1,121,415	1,086,573	1,109,767	1,106,448	1,125,604	1,157,629
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 6208
Session: 2017-19
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Children Admissions Bronchitis Young people Accident and emergency departments
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk