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Allergies: Paediatrics

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 March 2025UIN 32114

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric allergists are employed in the NHS.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The Department does not hold data on the number of 999 emergency calls that mention anaphylaxis. Neither does the Department hold data on the number of paediatric allergists employed in the National Health Service.

The Department has not made an estimate of the number of adults or children under the age of 18 years old that are currently diagnosed with an allergy. The table attached shows the number of hospitalisations due to allergies in the last ten years, broken down by ages and type of allergy.

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