World Asthma Day 2006
EDM number 2085 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew George on 03/05/2006.
That this House supports World Asthma Day on 2nd May 2006 held to raise awareness of the issues that affect people with asthma; notes that there are 5.2 million people with asthma in the United Kingdom and that asthma is the most common long-term condition among children in the United Kingdom; regrets that there were over 72,000 hospital admissions for asthma in 2003; further notes that 75 per cent. of hospital admissions are preventable; further regrets that only one in five adults with asthma in the United Kingdom has their asthma under control and that over three million adults with asthma are living with symptoms that impact unnecessarily on their lives; congratulates Asthma UK for launching a month-long UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of asthma control amongst adults with asthma; and urges the Government to consider the needs of people with asthma when implementing the Department of Health White Paper Our Health Our Care Our Say.
This motion has been signed by a total of 80 MPs.
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