Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disabled people in the housing sectorFound: housing tenants) who have housing disrepair, associated injury caused by the disrepair (usually asthma
Mentions:
1: Kate Hollern (Lab - Blackburn) One mother told me the story of her little boy who suffers severely with asthma; she is really concerned - Speech Link
2: Holly Lynch (Lab - Halifax) Hollern), who spoke so eloquently on behalf of her constituents, including the young boy struggling with asthma - Speech Link
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department plans to issue to asthmatic people on projected high pollen levels this summer.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
At present, NHS England has no plans to issue guidance to asthmatic people on projected high pollen levels this summer. However, the National Health Service website contains advice on asthma, which includes advice on understanding and managing triggers, such as pollen. The NHS site also links to Asthma and Lung UK’s advice on asthma management, which contains more detailed information on managing triggers, and how best to reduce risk when pollen levels are high.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has new capabilities for monitoring real-time pollen levels for this year’s pollen season. This adds to the UKHSA’s Real-time Syndromic Surveillance, which includes the monitoring of presentations of asthma to the NHS. The UKHSA also provides weekly updates via publicly available surveillance bulletins, which are available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/syndromic-surveillance-systems-and-analyses.
In addition to this work, the Met Office provides alerts and advice when pollen levels are high. These alerts provide valuable information on pollen levels over the next five days for asthmatics and hayfever sufferers, so they can appropriately modify their planned future activities, and ensure they use or have their medication with them.
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Digital skills, channel preferences and access needs: DWP customersFound: Chest or breathing problems including asthma 18.
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: November 2023Found: Association ScotlandPublic Health2023-11-22 00:00:00Meeting / Video ConferenceGareth Brown and Joseph Carter, Asthma
Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) When I was at school there was just one girl in my class with asthma, but nowadays the majority of kids - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) In the last few weeks I have been diagnosed with adult-onset asthma, which is on the rise. - Speech Link
3: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) More than half a million Londoners suffer from asthma and are more vulnerable to the effects of toxic - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) According to Asthma + Lung UK, more than 600,000 people in Greater London have asthma or chronic obstructive - Speech Link
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024Found: b ronchitis/bronchiolitis (Figure 4) No trend Similar to baseline Difficulty breathing/wheeze/asthma
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024Found: Contacts for acute respiratory infection and difficulty breathing/wheeze/asthma increased .
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024Found: ronchitis/bronchiolitis (Figure 4) Decreasing Similar to baseline Difficulty breathing/wheeze/asthma
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2024Found: b ronchitis/bronchiolitis (Figure 4) No trend Similar to baseline Difficulty breathing/wheeze/asthma