Weblinks

You may find these weblinks useful.

Weblinks

You may find these weblinks useful.

Organisations / Parent groups & charities

Hospitals

Royal Brompton Hospital
www.rbht.nhs.uk

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
www.chelwest.nhs.uk

Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth
www.hje.org.uk

Professional societies

British Thoracic Society
www.brit-thoracic.org.uk

British Paediatric Respiratory Society
www.bprs.co.uk

Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
www.rcpch.ac.uk

Charities / parent groups

Asthma UK
www.asthma.org.uk

British Lung Foundation
www.lunguk.org

Cystic Fibrosis Trust
www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Family Support Group
www.pcdsupport.org.uk

Information for parents & children

A USA website with good explanations about children’s health for parents, teenagers and younger children. Contains helpful video clips, for example about what happens in an asthma flare-up.

kidshealth.org

From this website, a nice explanation for children of how the respiratory system works.

Kidshealth ‘How lungs work’ film