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Motion · S6M-19641 · 11 Nov 2025

World COPD Day 2025

Lodged by Marie McNair (Scottish National Party) Standard Motion 30 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament recognises that 19 November is World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day, which is an annual awareness raising day held on the third Wednesday in November; notes that an estimated 240,000 people are living with a COPD diagnosis in Scotland, with thousands more reported to be undiagnosed; further notes that each year around 3,000 people die as a result of COPD; recognises that the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) organises the annual event and sets the theme, which this year is Short of Breath, Think COPD, due to the lack of correct diagnoses for COPD and the fact that COPD is the third leading cause of death worldwide; welcomes efforts by charities, including  Asthma + Lung UK Scotland, to raise awareness of COPD symptoms, which include shortness of breath, a persistent chesty cough with phlegm, frequent chest infections and persistent wheezing; believes that COPD care in Scotland is below what should be expected, with the Life with a Lung Condition survey by Asthma + Lung UK Scotland showing that only 7.8% of people with COPD report receiving all five fundamentals of COPD care, and notes that the five fundamentals of COPD care are smoking cessation advice, flu and pneumococcal vaccines, access to pulmonary rehabilitation, co-development of a self-management plan and treatment for co-morbidities, and that these five fundamentals can help reduce hospitalisations that can be costly for the patient and the NHS.

Supporters (30)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.