The researchers found that giving an oral vitamin D supplement reduced the risk of severe asthma attacks requiring hospital admission or
emergency department attendance from 6 % to around 3 %.
It is implicated in a substantial proportion of arrests [show graphic: 80 % of weekend arrests are alcohol related] Emergency Department attendances, and fires.
The CHeReL used the following information on the APD, PDC, and RBDM birth registration datasets to probabilistically link records for the same person: full name, mother's name (in the case of a birth), address, sex, date of birth, country of birth, hospital code, medical record number, hospital dates of admission and discharge, hospital transferred to, hospital transferred from, date of death, and date
of emergency department attendance.
«Our work has shown that providing continuity of care and making it easier for patients to get access to their GP can help achieve this reduction in unplanned admissions and
emergency department attendance.»
This report will help to inform both commissioners and providers of care regarding the relationship between general practice, accident and
emergency department attendance and emergency hospital admission.
a 50 per cent reduction in the risk of experiencing at least one asthma attack requiring Accident and
Emergency Department attendance and / or hospitalisation — from 6 per cent of people experiencing such an event to 3 per cent.