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- Allergy UK A national medical charity set up to increase understanding and awareness of allergy, to help people manage their allergies, and to provide training in allergy for health care professionals.
- Asthma UK This tells you about asthma, treatments, news, education, research and support.
- British Lung Foundation This site provides information about lung disease, Breathe Easy Clubs working for breathless people, research and involves strong links with respiratory professionals.
- British Occupational Hygiene Society The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is a multidisciplinary learned society which now has members in over 30 countries.
- British Medical Journal Healthcare professionals will find a collection of abstracts and articles on asthma related research.
- The British Thoracic Society The British Thoracic Society (BTS) is the official body of respiratory specialists. The society includes medical practitioners, nurses, scientists and any professional with an interest in respiratory disease.
- Centre for Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Manchester This site includes details of The Health and Occupation Reporting network (THOR) and the Surveillance of Work-related Occupational Respiratory Disease scheme (SWORD).
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, at Royal Brompton Hospital This website provides information on occupational and environmental lung disease. You will also find information on research projects, publications, teaching courses and the members of the departments.
- Education for Health Education for Health is a powerful merger of two of the UK's leading education institutions for health professionals: the National Respiratory Training Centre (NRTC) and Heartsave.
- The Federation of Bakers The trade association representing the UK Bread and Bakery industry. We deliver professional services to our members in the form of advice and leadership in areas including technical matters, health & safety and sustainability
- Global Initiative for Asthma This site aims to increase awareness of asthma, for example through World Asthma Day. It also includes reasons for prevalence, associations between asthma and the environment and improving asthma management. Documents and resources include a patient guide and teaching slides.
- The Health Council of the Netherlands The Health Council of the Netherlands is an independent advisory body that advises on public health. The Dutch Committee on Occupational Standards (DECOS) has evaluated wheat and cereal flour dusts.
- Industrial Injuries Advisory Council This site explains what the IIAC is and how it advises on matters relating to the industrial injuries scheme. There is a list of prescribed diseases for which benefit may be paid and they review any available new evidence on occupational diseases.
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - The Respiratory Specialty Group provides a national network for topic specific expertise supporting a national portfolio of research studies to help understand respiratory diseases.
- National Health Service A search under Asthma includes an organised programme for the care of patients with asthma and articles on asthma from NHS Magazine.
- NHS Choices This site is part of a gateway to health information and includes symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
- The NHS Companion Document sets out 45 best practice actions to help medical professionals, commissioners and service managers to deliver across the five domains in the NHS Outcomes Framework for people with COPD and asthma.
- OASYS This site is run by the OASYS research group, which is part of Midlands Thoracic Society. It runs a clinical service for workers with occupational lung disease.
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration This site offers facts about occupational asthma in the United States and offers technical links, eg on recognition, evaluation and control.
- Professional Organisations in Occupational Safety and Health (POOSH) POOSH exists to promote the continuous improvement of the practice of occupational safety and health through education, communication and the encouragement of cooperation.
- Scottish OHS Service - Offers a free occupational health and safety service - Safe and Healthy Working - for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland.
- The Latex Allergy Support Group - This is a patient support group specifically for individuals with an allergy to latex. Telephone 07071 225838 for more information.
- Trades Union Congress This site gives details of training and information for workplace safety representatives, there is access to publications and reports.
- UNISON Health and Safety Zone - The UNISON website has some useful information on asthma on their health and safety zone page.