§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) consultations there were between doctors and GPs in 1997, (b) how many of those consultations were for asthma and (c) how many were for other respiratory system diseases, excluding influenza. [47973]
§ Mr. GalbraithIn 1997 GPs referred 1,034,767 patients to other doctors for outpatient consultations. Of these, 15,284 were referrals to respiratory medicine consultants. The number of cases of asthma is not available.
78,853 patients were admitted to hospital with respiratory diseases as the main diagnosis (excluding influenza). Of these 8,563 had asthma.