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Asthma + Lung UK is a British charity based in London. Its focus is on respiratory health, in particular campaigning for improved care for asthma and lung disease, and against air pollution in the UK. The organisation came into being as a result of a merger in January 2020, between Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation Partnership.[1]
History[edit]
Asthma UK was initially founded in 1927, under the name of the Asthma Research Council. The first donations was used to pay for special asthma clinics at Guy's Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1989, the Council became the National Asthma Campaign, and in 2004, it changed its name to Asthma UK.[2]
Meanwhile, the British Lung Foundation was established by Professor Sir Malcolm Green and a group of British lung specialists in 1984. The Foundation also ran the Taskforce for Lung Health, which made recommendations on how to improve care for lung disease.
In December 2019, Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation announced that they had agreed to merge.[3] The new organisation was expected to run on a combined income of £17 million. The intention of the merger was to save around £2 million a year in running costs, which they said could be reoriented towards the organisations' combined charitable purposes.
Activity[edit]
In 2014, the organisation – still known as Asthma UK – was responsible for the creation of a new Centre for Applied Research in asthma at University of Edinburgh.[4] The Centre has been a regular participant in the Scottish Parliament's Cross-Party Group on Lung Health since its inception in 2021, and has presented to the parliamentary group on multiple occasions.[5][6]
Asthma + Lung UK conducts an annual survey of people with asthma, looking into their experience of living with the condition and the care they receive.[7]
Asthma + Lung UK's research informed a parliamentary debate on asthma in the UK in July 2019[8], and another on asthma outcomes in the UK in December 2021[9]. This research was quoted extensively in the debate pack compiled by the House of Commons Library ahead of the second debate.[10]
In September 2023, Asthma + Lung UK published research which suggested up to 750,000 people in England were being misdiagnosed with asthma, due to a lack of simple tests for common lung conditions.[11] The research claimed these misdiagnoses cost the government an estimated £132 million each year.
Funding[edit]
In 2021-22, Asthma + Lung UK generated £13.9 million.[12] Of this amount, £5.1m came from legacies (37%), £4.3m from donations (31%), £1.4m from fundraising (10%), £1.3m from grants (9%), £0.5m from gifts in kind (4%), and £0.4m from its investment portfolio (3%).
References[edit]
- ^ "Report and financial statements for the nine months ended 30 June 2020" (PDF). Asthma + Lung UK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "How we began | Asthma UK". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation set to merge". Civil Society. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Asthma UK research centre to be based in Edinburgh - BBC News". BBC News. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Annual Return 2021 to 2022 - Scottish Parliament" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Annual Return 2022 to 2023 - Scottish Parliament" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Our latest work | Asthma + Lung UK". Asthma + Lung UK. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Asthma - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Asthma Outcomes - Hansard - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Debate pack: Improving asthma outcomes in the UK - UK Parliament" (PDF). UK Parliament. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "GPs' lack of asthma testing is abysmal, charity says - BBC News". BBC News. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Asthma + Lung UK 2021-22 Annual Report and Financial Statements" (PDF). Asthma + Lung UK. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024.