Homes and Property | Home PageLottery of lung careRebecca Smith Health Correspondent|Evening Standard13 April 2012A report today reveals a lottery of health care for sufferers from the fifth most common cause of death in Britain.More than one in 10 patients admitted to hospital with chronic obstructive lung disease die within 90 days, it found.The study by the Royal College of Physicians and the British Thoracic Society shows more survive if they enter a unit with a respiratory consultant.Yet only 30 per cent do so, and a third of NHS trusts have less than the recommended minimum of specialists. The UK death rate from the disease is twice the European average.MORE ABOUTConsultancyHealthcareHigher EducationNHS