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IPF Week 2021

  • Submitted by: Colin Smyth, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-01191

That the Parliament notes that 20 to 26 September is IPF Week 2021; understands that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive lung condition that worsens over time, has no cure and affects an estimated 2,500 people in Scotland; notes that the condition results in scarring of the lungs for unknown reasons and, when this gets worse, it becomes harder to take in a deep breath and the lungs cannot take in sufficient levels of oxygen; welcomes the awareness raised by Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland, Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis and other lung and chest charities on IPF and the support that they provide to people living with the condition, and commits to ensuring that people with IPF symptoms are effectively and timeously diagnosed, and to ensure that they receive the correct support and treatment after diagnosis.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Colin Beattie, Neil Bibby, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark, Natalie Don, Sharon Dowey, Rhoda Grant, Bill Kidd, Gillian Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Carol Mochan, Paul O'Kane, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Mercedes Villalba, Martin Whitfield, Brian Whittle, Beatrice Wishart