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Written question asked by Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat) 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 Monday, 23 March 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Respiratory Diseases: Eastleigh

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh 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)

Eastleigh

1,170

935

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 Eastleigh can be found at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/Respiratory#page/1/gid/1/pat/6/ati/501/are/E07000086/iid/40701/age/163/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121127
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Admissions Accident and emergency departments Respiratory diseases Eastleigh
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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