Wes Streeting: Appoint an Allergy Tsar

As mothers, our daughters' deaths were entirely preventable. That’s why, as mothers, we have come together to ask the Health Secretary to appoint an Allergy Tsar. Currently, no single person has overall responsibility for the wellbeing of people with allergies across government or even across the NHS. This is despite 20 million people living with allergies in the UK.   

 

More must be done to support people living with allergies. Government action should be properly coordinated so allergic adults, children and their families receive consistent support across the NHS, schools, hospitality and the food industry, easing the constant fear caused by potentially life-threatening mistakes. 

 

Appointing an Allergy Tsar would provide the leadership needed to prevent further harm and drive improvements in care nationwide. We urge the Health Secretary to make this appointment and address shortcoming in allergy care to protect the millions in the UK living with allergic disease. With national coordination, improved training, and stronger support in schools and workplaces, lives can be transformed and deaths prevented. 

  

Will you stand with us? Sign the petition today and help push the Government to act.