Deaths from asthma in England and Wales are the highest they have been in more than a decade, according to analysis of official data. More than 1,400 adults and children died from asthma attacks in 2018 – that’s 2.5 people out of every 100,000. The charity Asthma UK said too many lives were being cut short by a lack of basic care, such as inhaler checks. GPs’ leaders said more staff in practices were needed so doctors could spend longer with asthma patients. But with research linking some childhood asthmas to air pollution, NHS England said it couldn’t solve the problem on its own.
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