A New NHS 10 Year Health Plan that’s 'Fit for the Future' - but Allergy isn't even Mentioned.
The Government has revealed its new NHS 10 Year Health Plan that’s 'fit for the future' - but once again, Allergy has been ignored - it’s not even on the agenda.
“While we welcome the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and acknowledge the competing challenges the NHS currently faces, the Government’s decision to ignore the 1 in 3, that’s 20 million people in the UK living with allergies, is a travesty.
For the past 2 decades, experts, politicians and the public have been warned that lives in this country are being detrimentally affected and put at risk by poor NHS allergy care. This is due to a lack of allergy training, expertise and access to timely treatment. In short, people with allergies have been let down by successive governments again and again.
The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation has been campaigning for an Allergy Tsar, a champion for people living with allergies, since 2021. During that time, the Foundation has met with 6 Government and opposition ministers.
Yet despite strong public support for the appointment of an Allergy Tsar, numerous Parliamentary debates, positive meetings with Government Ministers and opposition MPs, today people with allergies have been let down yet again.
Failing to include allergy in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan is both short-sighted and regrettable. The Government may be ignoring Allergy, but we will not go away. Natasha’s Foundation will continue to campaign for an Allergy Tsar and be a voice for people living with allergies.”
-Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse OBEs, founders of The Natasha Allergy Foundation.
Our Ambassador Megan McKenna spoke to ITV News and invited the Prime Minister to meet to discuss the 10 Year NHS Health Plan and talk about the urgent need for government to appoint an Allergy Tsar.
Commenting on the Government’s Plan, Megan McKenna said,
“Today is a deeply disappointing day. I know from my own personal experience, that people with allergies already feel excluded and unseen. The Government’s decision to yet again ignore their needs is a further kick in the teeth. I will continue to campaign with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation for people with allergies.”
🏷️ Write to or tag your MP and tell them what you want and need from your NHS.
Let’s make Allergy impossible for them to ignore.
To find out what the next decade of health and care looks like, read Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England.
