Core resources for people with respiratory conditions

Asthma

Diagnosis

• Diagnosing asthma | Asthma + Lung UK
• NHS inform: asthma diagnosis
• Peak flow | Asthma + Lung UK
• Asthma+ Lung UK-symptoms-tests-peak-flow
• Asthma + Lung UK-/tests/spirometry

Information on condition

• Asthma | Asthma + Lung UK
• Asthma - Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
• What is asthma? | My Lungs My Life
• Greener practice video - What is asthma and how to treat it
• Asthma and Allergy foundation

Asthma Management

• Medications| My Lungs My Life
• Asthma treatments | Asthma + Lung UK
• Rate your reliance - questionnaire to help assess reliance on SABA inhalers
• Asthma Slide Rule Helps calculate the number of puffs per year in SABA inhalers  

Inhaler choice

• Greener Practice video- inhaler device types for asthma
• SIGN/NICE Inhaler decision aid
• Manage Medicines app - Dry powder suitability selector

Inhaler Technique  

• A practical guide to inhalers (Asthma) | My Lungs My Life
• Inhaler technique poster
• Asthma+Lung UK inhaler-videos
• Don’t Waste a Breath, developed by NHS Grampian, provides information on inhaler technique and how to dispose of inhalers 

Asthma self-management plans

• Your asthma action plan | Asthma + Lung UK

Managing exacerbations

• Asthma attacks | Asthma + Lung UK

COPD

Diagnosis

• Tests | My Lungs My Life
• How is COPD diagnosed? | Asthma + Lung UK
• Spirometry and bronchodilator reversibility test | Asthma + Lung UK

Information on condition

• What is COPD? | My Lungs My Life
• Asthma + Lung UK - COPD

COPD management

• What are the treatments for COPD? | Asthma + Lung UK

Inhaler choice

• SIGN/NICE Inhaler decision aid
• Manage Medicines app -  Dry powder suitability selector

Inhaler technique

• Inhaler technique poster
• Asthma+Lung UK inhaler-videos
• Don’t Waste a Breath, developed by NHS Grampian, provides information on inhaler technique and how to dispose of inhalers

COPD self-management plans

• CHSS traffic lights for COPD
• COPD self-management plan | Asthma + Lung UK

Managing exacerbations

• Asthma+Lung UK - Managing COPD flare ups
• Recovering from an exacerbation | My Lungs My Life
• Signs of COPD exacerbation and what to do
• Managing symptoms at end-of-life

Palliative Care in COPD

Managing symptoms at end-of-life

Holistic respiratory care

Smoking cessation

• Stopping Smoking - CHSS
• Stopping smoking | NHS inform
• Asthma + Lung UK - why is smoking bad for me

Healthy eating

• Asthma + Lung UK Healthy eating advice
• CHSS Healthy eating advice

Singing for lung health 

• Asthma + Lung UK via Zoom
• Scottish Opera
• The Cheyne Gang

Keeping active with respiratory conditions

• Keeping Active - Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Keeping active in COPD

• Physical activity and exercise | My Lungs My Life

Managing breathlessness

• How to manage breathlessness? | Asthma + Lung UK
• Managing breathlessness (NHS Highland leaflet)
• Video and audio to help manage breathlessness
• CHSS Breathlessness management

ALISS - find services, groups and activities for health and wellbeing across Scotland

Breathe easy groups (Asthma and Lung UK)

Environmental information  

• How inhalers affect the environment - Asthma + Lung UK
• Inhaler choices | Asthma + Lung UK (asthmaandlung.org.uk)
• Four simple inhaler changes to help your lung condition
• Information and resources on greener respiratory care and sustainable prescribing
• Inhalers and the environment information leaflet

Information resources for people to support environmentally friendly inhaler use are included in the resources listed with the bulletin?  

• PrescQIPP Inhaler carbon footprint bulletin

Vaccinations

• Vaccine information for NHS Scotland
• Vaccinations for people with COPD | My Lungs My Life

Wellbeing

• NHS Inform Mental health links (Silvercloud, Daylight, Sleepio)
• CHSS Mental wellbeing information
• Mental health and wellbeing - Asthma + Lung UK
• Mood and anxiety information - My Lungs My Life
• Breathing and relaxation exercises for stress
• Breathing Space Free confidential phone and webchat service for low mood
• Mindfulness information
• Headspace - free 14 day trial, exploring mindfulness

Pulmonary rehabilitation

• What is pulmonary rehabilitation - My Lungs My Life leaflet
• What is Pulmonary rehabilitation - CHSS leaflet
• What is pulmonary rehabilitation? (Video from NHS GGC)