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Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Monday, 16 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2026. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Respiratory Diseases: Godalming and Ash

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Godalming and Ash constituency compared with national averages.

Answer

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 Godalming and Ash 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:

Westminster Parliamentary Constituency of Residence

2024/25 (August 2024 to March 2025)

2025/26 (April 2025 to November 2025)

Godalming and Ash

935

775

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 dataset. Data is not available by parliamentary constituency. Data is available at regional, county, unitary authority, and integrated care board level. Information for Surrey, which includes Godalming and Ash, can be found at the following link:


https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/Respiratory#page/1/gid/1/pat/15/ati/502/are/E10000030/iid/40701/age/163/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120778
Session
2024-26
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Admissions Accident and emergency departments Respiratory diseases Godalming and Ash
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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