Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Advice Line
Call the Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Advice Linefor confidential information, advice and support, or referral to a chest group near you: 0800 801 0899 (Free from landlines and mobiles).
COPD links and resources | Asthma links and resources | Parents of children with asthma links and resources
COPD
COPD: Diagnosis
- Moving on Together (MoT): A self-management workbook by NHS Ayrshire & Arran.
- CAT score assessment
- CHSS factsheet: Living with COPD [.pdf]
COPD: Treatments
- Download your own peak flow template:
COPD: Treatments
COPD: Self management
- Why not download your own goal setting template and give it a go:
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland factsheet: tiredness and fatigue [.pdf].
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland factsheet: Making the most of a visit to your doctor [.pdf]
- NHS Inform: find the service you need [.pdf]
- For more information on daily salt, sugar and fat levels:
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland: holiday factsheet [.pdf]
- CHSS: Life and Income Insurance companies
- Planning your future care:
Useful contacts
- Asthma + Lung UK 0300 222 5800
- Breathing Space
- Samaritans
- Living Life to the Full
- European Lung Foundation – ELF
Tel: +44 (0) 1786 459500
Fax: +44 (0) 1786 849331
Email: [email protected]
Asthma
- Asthma + Lung UK Scotland
- British Lung Foundation Scotland
- British Lung Foundation Breathe Easy Groups
- ‘Managing asthma in adults’ published by SIGN October 2014 [.pdf]
- Asthma + Lung UK information and publications on asthma.
- Health and Safety Executive
- Quit Your Way Scotland 0800 84 84 84, opening times are Monday to Friday 09:00 till 17:00.
- Taking action on smoking and health (ash)
Parents of Children with Asthma
Support Groups
Guidelines and Links
- ‘Managing asthma in children’ published by SIGN 2024 [.pdf]
- British Lung Foundation
- Children and Young Peoples Allergy Network Scotland (CYANS)
- Well at School
- Medicines for Children.
- European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
- Netmum’s
