Ruth Fitzharris from Mums for Lungs blogs about the links between air pollution and asthma. Ruth considers the practical changes which parents of children with asthma can take to reduce the risk of air pollution triggering their condition, as well as the need for wider-system changes to tackle air pollution across cities.

Haringey’s Public Health team share how they are taking a whole systems approach to asthma management, including addressing environmental triggers, introducing a comprehensive education programme and promoting personalised care and effective preventative interventions to control and reduce the risk of asthma attacks.

Dr Greg Burch from Tiny Medical Apps writes about the role Digital Health Passports can play in helping young people to manage their asthma.

In this #AskAboutAsthma blog, we hear from Kat Roberts from Tackling Air Pollution At School (TAPAS). TAPAS is one of six Clean Air Networks funded by the Government’s Strategic Priorities Fund ‘Clean Air Programme’ and is working to tackle the impact of air pollution on children’s lung health.

Did you know that the average person spends 90% of their lifetime indoors? If you are 40 years old, that’s a massive 36 years. We spend so much time indoors that we should be called the indoor generation! Sure, there are lots of studies, evidence and awareness of what contributes to outdoor pollution and how […]

Healthy London Partnership, together with South East London STP, co-hosted an event on 16 May 2019 bringing together people working to improve children and young people’s (CYP) asthma care in South East London. The aims were to learn from each other and share insights from those working across the system in South East London as well […]

Hetal Dhruve, Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist for City and Hackney CCG, explains the problems with air pollution for asthma suffers and the things you can do make sure it doesn’t cause an asthma attack The UK has the highest rates of asthma compared to Europe. According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 1,320 […]

Colette Roach is a project manager in our primary care team. She recently completed a Master’s in Public Health during which she wrote her dissertation on the effects that air pollution in London has on the development and exacerbations of childhood asthma. We asked her a few questions about why London’s air quality is a […]

Case studies and examples to support trusts to reduce their impact on air pollution. London suffers from high levels of air pollution. Air pollution acts as a trigger for many children and young people with asthma, contributing to ED and intensive care admissions, and possibly some asthma deaths. To provide support for this, we have […]