Petition · past parliament
Increase awareness of asthma in under 5 year olds.
Closed
38 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government must raise awareness among GPs and healthcare professionals to increase the diagnosis of asthma in children under 5. When a child with asthma isn’t diagnosed until they are 5 it is especially hard. I understand it can indicate other conditions but it is a condition that can kill!
Recently I was nearly at the point of having to resuscitate my child, I had inhalers to ease until paramedics arrived but imagine if I didn’t have that “we can’t do anything with children under 5”. Thankfully at the age of 6 months I managed to push and push the doctors for a steroid inhaler alongside his blue inhaler but it took my son to have an asthma attack at 6 months old and a trip to A&E for them to realise.
Timeline
| 1 Nov 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 May 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
38
Status
Closed
Opened
1 Nov 2018
Closed
1 May 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.