Referrals of urgent care lung conditions drop by up to 70%
An average of 3,399 patients per week missed out on urgent and routine referrals during lockdown, according to the Taskforce for Lung Health. New analysis...
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A crisis in care for people with lung disease
People who are dying from interstitial lung disease are wasting the precious time they have left finding their way around an ineffective and unnecessarily complicated...
Diesel fumes trigger nerves in lungs
Diesel fumes, which are a major component of air pollution in European cities, trigger respiratory reflexes which could potentially worsen underlying conditions, such as asthma....
The cost of lung disease
Lung disease affects millions of people in the UK every year, but it doesn’t just cost individuals and the families in terms of loss of health...
