📢 Calling all teachers! Please support our #AsthmaAtSchool campaign and display our poster to help raise awareness of what to do if a child has an asthma attack. Link to poster here: shop.asthmaandlung.org.uk/collections/asthma-at-school-campaign-poster

Flu can be a very serious illness and if you have a lung condition and catch flu, you’re more at risk of having an asthma attack or flare-up. Vaccines are one of the most important things that the NHS does to prevent illness and save lives. Book yours today.

Flu can be a very serious illness and if you have a lung condition and catch flu, you’re more at risk of having an asthma attack or flare-up. Vaccines are one of the most important things that the NHS does to prevent illness and save lives. Book yours today.

Starting university this month? Before you start university, be sure to check these off: - Register with a new local GP - Keep a copy of your asthma action plan - If you’re living with other people, tell them about your asthma - Find out how to manage new asthma triggers

People with underlying health conditions are more at risk of becoming seriously ill from flu. If you get an invite for the flu vaccine, you got it for a reason. For more information visit nhsinform.scot/flu #FluHitsHarder

We know that stopping smoking is hard. That’s why we want to hear from smokers and ex-smokers on their experiences of using smoking cessation services. Join us for our online workshop on Fri 11 Sept 2-4 pm. Register here: tinyurl.com/mt4t2sf3

We know that stopping smoking is hard. That’s why we want to hear from smokers and ex-smokers on their experiences of using smoking cessation services. Join us for our online workshop on Fri 11 Sept 2-4 pm. Register here: tinyurl.com/mt4t2sf3

Beyond the Tobacco + Vapes Act: Improving Smoking Cessation Support

A workshop for people with a history of smoking and those working in cessation services to share experiences and improve cessation support.

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Our Policy + Public Affairs Officer @garethbrown.bsky.social was on BBC Radio Scotland to explain why we think the new heart and lung MOTs, launched yesterday by the Scottish Government, are simply 'not up to scratch'. Interview 50 minutes in 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Drivetime - 20/08/2026 - BBC Sounds

Breaking down the day's talking points with comment and opinion.

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We know that stopping smoking is hard. That’s why we want to hear from smokers and ex-smokers on their experiences of using smoking cessation services. Join us for our online workshop on Fri 11 Sept 2-4 pm. Register here: tinyurl.com/mt4t2sf3

Beyond the Tobacco + Vapes Act: Improving Smoking Cessation Support

A workshop for people with a history of smoking and those working in cessation services to share experiences and improve cessation support.

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Children across Scotland are excitedly getting ready for the new school term. For further information on how to prepare your child so their asthma is well managed, visit: asthmaandlung.org.uk/conditions/asthma/child/back-to-school or call the Asthma + Lung UK helpline on 0300 222 5800 Mon-Fri 9-5.

The burning of wood and coal in homes is contributing to around 160 deaths a year in Scotland and costing society an estimated £117 million annually, according to a new Scottish Government commissioned study. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642358...

Scottish Government research links wood and coal burning to 160 deaths a year

A Scottish Government-commissioned study has, for the first time, put a figure on the health toll of domestic solid fuel burning.

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We were delighted to go along today to help film a promotional video for the Borders Greenway, a proposed 40 miles shared access path from Tweedbank to Eyemouth. Find out more about this exciting new active travel scheme: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7629...

Feel good every Friday, and join our chair-based Zumba class! These are designed to improve breathlessness, increase mobility and most importantly to be fun! Register for the next set of sessions here: asthmaandlung.org.uk/groups-support/feel-good-fridays

Feel Good Fridays

Improve your mobility and wellbeing with our chair based Zumba sessions, but most importantly, have fun!

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Today is Action Mesothelioma Day and we want to help raise awareness & pay tribute to people living with mesothelioma. Find out more about our research trial with @uclh.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk ➡️ uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-ucl-researchers-trial-proton-beam-therapy-bid-transform-treatment-mesothelioma

With parts of Scotland heating up over the next couple few days, head over to our website to find information about staying well in the hot weather: asthmaandlung.org.uk/living-with/hot-weather

Right now, 1.2 million young people in the UK struggle with asthma, every day. That is why your support is urgently needed. You can help to save a young person’s life. You can donate here: tinyurl.com/muyuwnrh

More than eight out of 10 Scots want to see action to ban smoking around the school gates, a poll has found. Great coverage across the media this weekend of our call to ban smoking at school gates. It comes more than five years after the Welsh Government ban. news.stv.tv/scotland/maj...

Majority of Scots back ban on smoking at school gates, poll finds

It comes more than five years after the Welsh Government banned smoking in school grounds

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Right now, 1.2 million young people in the UK struggle with asthma, every day. That is why your support is urgently needed. You can help to save a young person’s life. You can donate here: tinyurl.com/muyuwnrh

The Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is inviting people of Black or mixed Black heritage with lived experience of lung conditions & the healthcare workers who support them, to shape future research priorities. • Adult Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/BJWGVPD • Youth Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/GXY8LDK

A huge thank you to Jamie from East Lothian who nearly died from an asthma attack five years ago but has now raised over £3,250 for @asthmaandlung.org.uk running the Edinburgh Marathon - incredible! 👏 #TeamBreathe #EdinburghMarathon

The Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is inviting people of Black or mixed Black heritage with lived experience of lung conditions & the healthcare workers who support them, to shape future research priorities. • Adult Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/BJWGVPD • Youth Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/GXY8LDK

This International Nurses Day, we would love to say a heartfelt thanks to all our wonderful nurses on the helpline💜 Our helpline team is trained to give you information on many aspects of living with a lung condition. You can contact our helpline on 0300 222 5800, Monday to Friday, between 9-5.

Good luck and a huge thank you to Cat, who has asthma and is running the #EdinburghMarathon for us! 👏 “I'm very lucky that I'm alive today because of research from charities like Asthma + Lung UK" www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/...

Edinburgh vet students with health battles putting 'everything' into marathon run

Ellie Heginbottom and Cat Humphreys have both battled their own health issues for years but are taking on the Edinburgh Marathon later this month.

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Chair-based Zumba sessions to make you feel good! Our feelgood Friday support group aims to improve breathlessness, increase mobility and most importantly to be fun! Register for the next set of sessions here: asthmaandlung.org.uk/groups-support/feel-good-fridays

This #WorldAsthmaDay take action to make lung health matter! Many thousands of people are living with lung conditions in Scotland but they don’t get the focus they desperately need. You can help change this by taking just two minutes to write to your MSP candidates: shorturl.at/Gy1Aw

TELL YOUR CANDIDATES WHY LUNG HEALTH MATTERS 🫁 Lung conditions are the third biggest killer in Scotland but they don’t get the focus they desperately need. You can help change this by taking just two minutes to write to your MSP candidates: shorturl.at/Gy1Aw

Get lung health top of the agenda in Scotland

Don’t miss your chance to get lung health top of the agenda in Scotland this May. Take just 2 minutes to write to your new MSP candidate and help make sure lung health gets the focus it desperately ne...

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As exam season approaches, so does the increase in pollen. Find out the best ways to treat your hay fever on our website: asthmaandlung.org.uk/conditions/hay-fever-seasonal-allergic-rhinitis/hay-fever-treatments

TELL YOUR CANDIDATES WHY LUNG HEALTH MATTERS 🫁 Lung conditions are the third biggest killer in Scotland but they don’t get the focus they desperately need. You can help change this by taking just two minutes to write to your MSP candidates: shorturl.at/Gy1Aw

Get lung health top of the agenda in Scotland

Don’t miss your chance to get lung health top of the agenda in Scotland this May. Take just 2 minutes to write to your new MSP candidate and help make sure lung health gets the focus it desperately ne...

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Not long now until our Living with Bronchiectasis Community Day in Edinburgh, so please do join us! The day aims to bring people together, to share your experiences, find support and meet new people. 🗓️ 30 April 10:30 – 16:00 To express your interest, go to: shorturl.at/7aN7W

Not long now until our Living with Bronchiectasis Community Day in Edinburgh, so please do join us! The day aims to bring people together, to share your experiences, find support and meet new people. 🗓️ 30 April 10:30 – 16:00 To express your interest, go to: shorturl.at/7aN7W