29 Aug 2016
Research from our Centre has found that asthma costs the UK health service at least £1.1 billion each year.
The study, led by Mome Mukherjee, found that of the £1.1 billion cost of treating asthma in the UK, at least £666 million is spent on prescription costs each year. Other costs include £160 million on GP consultations, £143 million on disability claims and £137 million on hospital care.
Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Even with conservative assumptions, we find almost 100,000 people are admitted to hospital and there are at least 1000 deaths from asthma each year in the UK”.
View our infographic summary of the UK figures here:
