Treatment across the healthcare system has been cancelled as a result of the pandemicA third of people with lung conditions including asthma felt pressure to avoid or delay seeking treatment during the lockdown, a survey indicates. As many as one in five people with a lung condition experienced worse symptoms as a result of delaying or avoiding care, which experts warn will have lasting damage. A coalition of lung health professionals is now calling for the NHS to outline how services will resume and to encourage people to seek care. Of more than 8,000 people with lung conditions surveyed by the Taskforce for Lung Health, 34 per cent felt they could not seek treatment because they did not want to overburden the NHS or were scared of contracting Covid-19. Due to this, 23 per cent experienced a

Source: The Times August 05, 2020 23:05 UTC