Lung Health

Purpose of the group

Help improve Scotland’s poor record on respiratory health and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long-term improvements.

Increase political awareness about the scale of respiratory illness, the cost to the NHS, its links with wider health inequalities, prevention opportunities, and the cross-cutting connections with other parts of the public health agenda.

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Agendas/Links

• Agenda for Meeting 7 February 2017 (141KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 30 May 2017 (97KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 19 September 2017 (169KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 6 February 2018 (98KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 12 June 2018 (100KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 4 September 2018 (50KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 19 March 2019 2019 (76.5 KB pdf)

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 1 November 2016 (187KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meting 7 February 2017 (335KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 19 September 2017 (317KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 21 November 2017 (88KB pdf) 
• Minutes of Meeting 6 February 2018 (404KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 12 June 2018 (427KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 September 2018 (400KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 20 December 2018 (420 KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 19 March 2019 (174KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration form (84KB pdf) 
• Annual return form 2017 (211KB pdf) 
• Annual return form 2018 (218KB pdf)

Group Officers

• Convener: Emma Harper
• Deputy Convener: Alexander Stewart
• Deputy Convener: Mark Ruskell

Group Members

• Rachael Hamilton
• Anas Sarwar

Non MSP Individuals

Julie Roberts 

Colin Brett

Organisations

British Lung Foundation (Scotland) - secretary

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - secretary

Asthma UK

ASH Scotland

National Advisory Group for Respiratory Managed Clinical Networks 

Community Pharmacy Scotland

NHS Highlands

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Breathe Easy Clackmannanshire (BLF Scotland)

Breathe Easy Kirkcaldy (BLF Scotland)

The Braveheart Association (Falkirk Community Hospital)

Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Golden Jubilee National Hospital

University of the West of Scotland

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Clydeside Action Against Asbestos

West of Scotland Paediatric Complex Respiratory (WoSCoR) Network

‘Breathtakers’ Action for Bronchiectasis

John MacDougall Mesothelioma Trust

Pfizer UK

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Teva UK

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

NHS Fife

BREATH project

AstraZeneca 

Scottish Thoracic Society