Poorly-insulated homes mean a larger proportion of people in England are ending up in hospital than in Sweden - where winters are much colder, says FoE
Cold homes lead to many more people in England than Sweden ending up in hospital with breathing problems, despite England’s much milder weather, new research shows.
Over the last five years hospital admissions for chronic lower respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis and emphysema, have been 40% higher per 100,000 of population in England than in Sweden, according to a new analysis by Friends of the Earth (FoE).
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