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NHS putting allergy sufferers 'at risk'Date: 21/05/2007 09:48:46
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The NHS is failing allergy sufferers, a leading allergy campaign group has told the BBC.
Allergy UK has claimed that the NHS does not provide enough training for medics about allergies and treatments.
Furthermore, they claim thousands of peoples' lives could be at risk due to this lack of knowledge.
They also claim that provision for allergies in the form of specialist clinics in the UK is too limited.
This view was echoed by Professor Mayur Lakhani, chairman of the Royal College of GPs who told the BBC that she would like to witness a "stronger emphasis" on allergy-related training for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.
"At the moment we don't have the facilities to adequately investigate, manage and treat patients with allergies and we would like to see a programme of national action implemented in primary care," she said.
However, Allergy UK's claims were rejected by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain who insist pharmacists are given five years of enough training a large amount of which focuses on allergies.
A study by the British Medical Journal in 2003, showed hospital admissions more than trebled over 11 years - rising to over 6,700 in 2001.
Most common allergies in the UK include hayfever due to pollen from trees, as well as house dust mites, and food stuffs including milk, eggs and nuts.
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