Asthma Resources for Professionals
Children’s Asthma in West Yorkshire infographic: this infographic provides some detail about the impact of asthma on the children and young people population across West Yorkshire, and some initiatives such as West Yorkshire Healthier Together asthma pages, and Asthma awareness training that are supporting colleagues across the system working hard to improve asthma care for children, young people and families.
The West Yorkshire Children and Young People's Asthma Network meet quarterly, working collaboratively to improve asthma outcomes across our West Yorkshire system. The work is currently focussed on delivering the National Bundle of Care for Children’s Asthma and the Health Inequalities: Core20Plus5 Framework. If you have an interest supporting this work or would like to find out more, please contact casey.
Asthma training; Children and Young People workforce, volunteers, parents, and carers
As part of the ongoing system work to improve asthma care for children and young people, we have co produced this West Yorkshire children, young people, and family’s workforce flyer with an Asthma Nurse Specialist from LTHT and the WY comms team. The tiered training is free and helps to improve asthma knowledge and awareness. The first level training, tier 1, is also appropriate for non healthcare staff and volunteers such as youth workers, school staff, children’s centre staff, housing teams etc and should be promoted as widely as possible across our networks to raise much needed awareness about asthma.
Asthma Pathway: Clinical assessment and management tool for children is a guidance document clinically developed in West Yorkshire for use in primary and community care settings. The tool offers a step by step guide to assessing a child for asthma, covering priorities of clinical assessment, history, examination, diagnosis (look out for) and actions for primary care based on assessment findings.
Making Every Contact Count - elearning for healthcare training
MECC Link - Simple signposting to better health and wellbeing resources
NCSCT e-learning Stop Smoking practitioner training and assessment programme.
Clean Air Knowledge Hub for the Health Sector Air pollution training videos.
National bundle of care for children and young people with asthma resource pack Training Capabilities from page 24.
Asthma (Children and young people) - elearning for healthcare
Asthma Friendly Schools
West Yorkshire asthma friendly schools initiative aims to improve the care of pupils with asthma by raising awareness regarding this common long term medical condition and providing information, training and support for pupils, parents, carers and school staff. Please visit www.wypartnership.co.uk to find out more.
Asthma Friendly Schools - YouTube – How to become an Asthma Friendly School in West Yorkshire short videos.
What is Asthma Friendly Schools? PDF
Asthma Friendly Schools in 8 steps – PDF
West Yorkshire nurse improving the lives of children with asthma – blog
CAER Ask the Experts Webinar: Asthma in Schools
Action for clean air | Schools
Asthma information for families: self management
Asthma: West Yorkshire Healthier Together
Asthma hub for Parents - Apps on Google Play
The September asthma surge and back to school
Ask About Asthma Conference and webinars 2024
Does your child have asthma poster – Wakefield council
CYPF Voice and Asthma
Smoking and Vaping
Illicit Tobacco Flyer - Trading Standards Illicit Tobacco poster
NHS sleep takeway cards - Vaping poster
Webinar: Uniting Places for a Smokefree Future: System Wide Tobacco Control Approach
Smoke FREE homes and cars – PDF
Find Your Local Stop Smoking Service
West Yorkshire Stop Smoking Services
Stop smoking | Asthma + Lung UK
Air Pollution & National Air Quality work
Air pollution | Asthma + Lung UK
Air quality | Bradford Council
Protect yourself from air pollution indoors Leeds Place PDF
Overview | Indoor air quality at home | Guidance | NICE
Improving Indoor Air Quality NICE PDF
Overview | Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health | Quality standards | NICE
Campaign for Healthy Homes - Town and Country Planning Association
Healthy Homes Principles – Town and Country Planning Association PDF
Every Breath You Treat (Virtual Conference)
Get a free Air Quality report for your address
Daily Air Quality Index - Defra UK
AskAboutAsthma 2022: what we should know about health inequalities and childhood asthma
Clean Air Hub | Global Action Plan
Health Matters: Air pollution – sources, impacts and actions – UK Health Security Agency
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2022: air pollution
Air pollution and respiratory health in the UK
£6 million to improve air quality in local communities
Children's asthma and housing
Children’s Asthma and Housing pathways are developing in West Yorkshire between the health and housing sectors. In 2023 to 2024, Leeds City Council’s Housing team and children’s asthma secondary care clinicians developed a new way of working, aiming to decrease the number of children with uncontrolled asthma in the city's 20% most deprived areas. Through the creation of clear pathways of communication between healthcare and housing, using a RAG referral model the teams have worked collaboratively developing ways to best support children and families. This was in response to a national NHS direction to reduce health inequalities experienced by children with asthma and new guidance on responding to concerns around damp and mould through Awaab’s Law. Alongside this work WY ICB colleagues are leading on the development of a shared set of principles between children’s healthcare and housing partners across the wider system. Local Place teams are also working innovatively with housing colleagues and other sectors to raise awareness around the impact of asthma on children and young people’s health. Read this short blog from MYTHT Asthma Nurse Specialist’s work with families across Wakefield Improving the lives of children with asthma :: West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership (wypartnership.co.uk).
Asthma Patient and Housing – PDF
Wakefield Healthy Housing Pathway – PDF
Keeping Your Home Warm: West Yorkshire Healthier Together
No crib for a bed: the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on bed poverty
Greener Asthma
NEY Lunch and Learn Better and Greener Asthma Care: Improving Care and Increasing Choice
More regional, national, and global resources
Respiratory resources for clinicians - South West Yorkshire Area Prescribing Committee (SWYAPC)
Home - Moving on Asthma Helping young people with asthma to live independently. The Moving On Asthma website is a resource for young people living with asthma. Helping young people to develop those essential self management skills and learn to access healthcare independently, one video at a time.
Asthma: North East and North Cumbria Healthier Together
Inhale the facts: Countdown to 2024 – PDF Asthma and Lung UK/ NHSE