The Herald: Rise in asthma cases brings calls for fresh approach
A FRESH focus on asthma was demanded yesterday in the wake of worrying reports about the disease.
Opposition politicians in Scotland called for a new strategy to try to combat the epidemic which has become more prevalent over the last 40 years.
Carolyn Leckie, the Socialist MSP, said there needed to be a radical shift focusing resources on preventing the spread of the condition rather than cure....
Ms Leckie, whose daughter has asthma, added: "There is so much money being spent on treatments and there are queries about how cost-effective these treatments are. Surely it would be better to invest in housing conditions in society as a whole to stop people developing asthma. With the difference in asthma rates across the world it is clearly an environmental problem. We need prevention rather than cure."
The Scotsman: Coalition fights off moves to alter PR council poll plans
