… makers, we’re fighting for your right to breathe.  Clean air We want everyone to grow up breathing air that doesn’t damage their lungs. Access to essential … vaccinations Everyone with a lung condition should be prioritised for vaccines they need. Addressing health …

… of the Prescription Charges Coalition, Asthma + Lung UK is calling on the government to:  Immediately suspend … Nurse Specialists and Primary Care Respiratory Society UK, Asthma + Lung UK have conducted a survey of over 750 … Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists This report makes for a sobering read. It is unthinkable that people in …

… public funding spent on lung research in the UK amounts to less than 2% of the £2.56 billion invested in health research … side effects were unbearable. I would be on steroids for less than a week and put on half a stone in weight. The …

… society doesn’t always take breathlessness seriously and many people learn to live with debilitating symptoms … and more accurate. Nick Hopkinson Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute People I see in my COPD clinic have typically been breathless for many years …

… everyone offered a tailored personal management plan and other elements of basic care. GP practices should offer a …

… are most affected by lung conditions, we’re fighting to change this. Poor lung health is a huge driver of … poorest communities are currently seven times more likely to die from a lung condition. The government’s levelling up plans set ambitions to improve the health and living standards for everybody in …

… Smoking still takes 90,000 lives a year While smoking rates have declined significantly they remain far higher … at those groups and communities with the highest smoking rates and restrict the areas where people can smoke. Consult …

… in later life, play major roles in increasing childhood rates of asthma, worsening existing lung conditions and …