WORLD CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE DAY 2009

That this House celebrate World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day on 18 November 2009; eagerly awaits the forthcoming clinical strategy for COPD; understands that if fully implemented this 10-year plan for the NHS will raise the quality of care for people living with COPD, address the lack of awareness of the condition and help to identify the millions of people with undiagnosed COPD; supports the aim of the British Lung Foundation to make COPD a disease of the past by ensuring that people are diagnosed during the early stages of their disease and are encouraged to take steps that will halt the disease progression; and endorses the award-winning Love Your Lungs campaign led by the British Lung Foundation which uses demographic data to identify where people with undiagnosed COPD are most likely to live and which through targeted campaigning encourages people most at risk to have a lung function test.