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Written question asked by Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 20 April 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Friday, 24 April 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Respiratory Diseases: North Cornwall

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in North Cornwall 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 North Cornwall 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 February 2026)

North Cornwall

810

945

England

612,876

676,170

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 Cornwall is available at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/Respiratory#page/1/gid/1/pat/15/ati/502/are/E06000052/iid/90933/age/314/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
128452
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Admissions Hospitals Respiratory diseases North Cornwall
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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