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His partner said the system needs 'massive' change

Asthma sufferer Dave Moth, 30, spent the night on a "rock hard" floor while waiting to be seen in A&E at Royal Oldham Hospital.

Becka Jackson, 30, said the system needs "massive" change after her asthmatic partner, Dave Moth was left waiting on the floor for 10 hours "struggling to breathe"

"He was intubated, and they put him to sleep - scary isn’t the word."

Modern medical science has made remarkable progress in the treatment of asthma. Inhalers containing steroids are particularly effective in preventing an asthma attack. But getting people to take these preventive medicines long-term remains a challenge.

Leon Johnson's doctor wrongly assumed he had "smoked all his life" when he began getting short of breath and "couldn't walk very far" in 2017

"If I go for a walk and the vehicles are out, I just can't breathe"

One in five Britons suffer from hayfever with an allergic reaction to either grass or weed pollen spores which are at their highest the summer months, particularly July

Air pollution is a silent killer, with up to 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure. Toxic air has been linked to the development of strokes, heart disease and exacerbates asthma.

NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy?

A lung charity is warning people with asthma to be vigilant over the next few days as pollen levels soar “dangerously high”.