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Chief executive Sarah Woolnough announces her departure
Outer London GP practices top asthma prevalence rates in the capital
… Outer London GP practices top asthma prevalence rates in the capital New analysis showing … Released on 8th June 2023 The GPs with the highest number of people receiving care for asthma are in outer London … from charity Asthma + Lung UK. The data reveals 24 out of the 30 GP surgeries with the highest rates of asthma …
Asthma attacks on the increase as children return to school warns school
… so children's airways can be more sensitive to asthma triggers when they go back to school. With an estimated … attack when they return to school and are around more triggers for their asthma.” With children across most parts …
'Abysmal' lack of testing for lung conditions is forcing GPs to play a 'guessing game' with diagnosis
… for conditions they don’t have Released on 26th September 2023 A new report by leading lung charity Asthma + Lung UK … that the total economic cost of COPD exacerbations in 2023 is £1,388,440,070 (Figure 32, p40 of technical report). … for an uncontrolled non-severe asthma patient is £611in 2023. This was multiplied by the uncontrolled non-severe …
Future generations spared the ‘ticking time bomb’ of COPD if plans to curb smoking are given the green light
… warns on World COPD Day Released on 15th November 2023 Asthma + Lung UK is urging people to see their GP if they … a parliamentary vote early next year. 6 That is why Asthma + Lung UK is urgently urging the public to back the … the health of the next generation, and to diminish the prevalence of preventable lung disease. “Smoking kills 76,000 …