OPIN-2022-0270 Launch of Asthma + Lung UK Cymru's 'Fighting for Breath' strategy
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Tabled on 10/03/2022
This Senedd:
1. Welcomes the launch of Asthma + Lung UK Cymru and their 'Fighting for Breath' strategy.
2. Notes that one in five people live with a lung condition in Wales including 314,000 with asthma and 74,000 with COPD.
3. Notes that lung conditions are the third biggest killer and that Wales has the worst death rate for lung conditions of any nation in Western Europe.
4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to develop a new lung health quality statement to improve care and support for those living with lung conditions.
