Scotland’s leading respiratory charity, Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland surveyed people and found a worrying number of Scots are currently concerned about their family’s respiratory health.
SCOTLAND has a poor respiratory health track record, with 1 in 5 people living with a lung condition such as asthma, COPD, Long COVID and many others.
In recent years, the charity has worked with the Scottish government to create the Respiratory Care Action Plan in the hopes of protecting and improving lung health in Scotland.
In their recent survey, Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland asked 1000 Scots how they felt about lung health after experiencing Covid-19. Almost two thirds (65.7%) of respondents confessed they were concerned about either their own or their family’s respiratory health.
With such a large proportion of Scots so worried about their respiratory health, Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland are calling for the Scottish Government to take these concerns seriously and commit funding to the implementation of the Respiratory Care Action Plan.
Joseph Carter, Head of Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland, said:
“The Respiratory Care Action Plan is a vital step forward towards prioritising lung health in Scotland. We’ve been very proud to be a part of the process and we hope to continue working with the new Scottish Government on the implementation of the plan now that the new session of government has begun.
“With so many of us concerned about our respiratory health, this is the time to strengthen the plan and commit additional funding to its implementation. More than 83,000 people had to shield during the pandemic due to the severity of their lung condition, which paints a very clear picture of how far respiratory health in Scotland has to go.”
