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<p>At present, NHS England has no plans to issue guidance to asthmatic people on projected
high pollen levels this summer. However, the National Health Service website contains
advice on asthma, which includes advice on understanding and managing triggers, such
as pollen. The NHS site also links to Asthma and Lung UK’s advice on asthma management,
which contains more detailed information on managing triggers, and how best to reduce
risk when pollen levels are high.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has
new capabilities for monitoring real-time pollen levels for this year’s pollen season.
This adds to the UKHSA’s Real-time Syndromic Surveillance, which includes the monitoring
of presentations of asthma to the NHS. The UKHSA also provides weekly updates via
publicly available surveillance bulletins, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/syndromic-surveillance-systems-and-analyses"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/syndromic-surveillance-systems-and-analyses</a>.</p><p>In
addition to this work, the Met Office provides alerts and advice when pollen levels
are high. These alerts provide valuable information on pollen levels over the next
five days for asthmatics and hayfever sufferers, so they can appropriately modify
their planned future activities, and ensure they use or have their medication with
them.</p>
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