News and media

Asthma UK Scotland's media office helps keep asthma issues high on the news agenda, while at the same time keeping people with asthma and health workers informed about the latest developments in asthma care. Asthma UK Scotland has now become the single, most authoritative voice on all aspects of asthma in Scotland. 

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• Childhood wheezing falls in Aberdeen but eczema and allergies are on the rise
• Asthma UK Scotland has called for a much greater understanding into the problems young people with asthma face (100 kb)
• Scottish rugby internationalist puts asthma in the limelight (96 kb)
• Smoke ban sees Scottish bar staff ‘breathe easy’
• Flu dampens web users' enthusiasm for sex.pdf (118 kb)
• Policy makers ignorant about asthma
• Pubs in Edinburgh invited to Call Last Orders on Asthma
• Wanted: 15-year-olds with asthma to join new team
• 21 May 2008: Asthma UK Scotland Statement on Scottish Government’s Smoking Prevention Action Plan (95 kb)
• 6 May 2008: Differences in emergency hospital admissions in Scotland show there is no national health service for asthma
• 26 February 2008: Asthma no penalty to sporting goals
• 5 December 2007: Staged end to Scottish prescription charges
• 19 November 2007: nu way 2 cntrl asthma
• 9 November: Commonwealth Games 2014 (33 kb)
• 8 October 2007: Xolair given SMC approval
• 25 September 2007: St Andrew’s First Aid to include asthma information
• 17 September 2007: Asthma UK Scotland welcomes plans to raise legal age for buying tobacco
• 10 September 2007: Asthma UK comment on over-prescribing inhaled steroids in children
• 16th August 2007: Asthma UK Scotland issues a statement on Audit Scotland report into the care of people with long-term conditions
• Asthma UK Scotland and Haynes launch health booklet in style of iconic ‘car maintenance’ manuals
• World Asthma Day marked by first ever Scottish conference on asthma (374 kb)
• New plan to boost Scottish asthma care
• At-risk groups urged to get flu vaccine by Scotland's top doctor (12 kb) 
• smokefree1.pdf (36 kb) 
• Deadly Serious.pdf (36 kb) 
• Eating healthily during pregnancy may help to reduce asthma in your child (32 kb)
• Scots most ignorant about asthma attacks
• Asthma In Scotland – Out of Sight and Out of Mind?
• Biggest ever survey of children with asthma highlights need for Kick Asthma holidays in Scotland