Commentators say there has been an ‘explosion’ of allergies in recent times.
The causes are debated but whatever the reasons, a high proportion of people with asthma also have allergies, from eczema and Continue reading What should Asthma UK do to help people with allergies?
When it first appeared, swine flu generated a lot of anxiety. Then, as numbers remained low, complacency set in. Now, as swine flu is declared a pandemic and with news of the first fatality in Europe this week, ther...
Continue reading Time for people with asthma to take swine flu seriously
A number of volunteers came into the office last week to help us celebrate National Volunteer Week.
They fulfill all kinds of roles for us. Some are Speak Up for Asthma volunteers...
According to our annual survey, 27% of people with asthma say they have smoked in the last six months. That’s considerably more than the 20% of men and 22% of women that ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) say s...
There is a debate we are not having on the NHS.
In private, senior NHS figures say the service will go bust unless we spend money differently – keeping people well, rather than just treating us when we are ill. The growing cost...
In 2007 and 2008 we used World Asthma Day (WAD) to highlight the huge variation in asthma care across the country that resulted in an eight-fold difference in emergency hospital admissions. As a result of those campaigns, Asthma UK started work...
Continue reading Have your say on the theme of World Asthma Day for 2010
