pharmaphorum September 26, 2023
A patient organisation in the UK has said that a lack of basic testing for lung conditions like asthma in primary care is leading to many people remaining undiagnosed, adding to the pressure faced by the NHS as respiratory viruses spread in the winter months.
Asthma + Lung UK says that lung healthcare in England is in a “dire state”, as simple tests for common lung conditions are not widely available to GPs, forcing them to make “educated guesses” when it comes to diagnosis.
A new report commissioned by the charity and carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers calculates that this leads to around £2.2 billion ($2.68 billion) in added costs to NHS England due to avoidable hospital stays, as well as...
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