I have a digital PM2.5 detector which I use at home and when driving elsewhere. I have found it really valuable as it tells me when to avoid places with a high pollution reading.
With COPD and Asthma, could/should NHS personal health budgets cover the cost of buying NO2 spot detectors and other pollutant gases for the same purpose? Or should NHS provide these as a clinical need?
Sorry micox, I think if you want one of these you should buy it, the nhs is over stretched enough x
And what about those who, for whatever reason, haven't the money to buy one? That sounds sinister! Charge for all prescriptions? Pay a fee for seeing your GP?
In England you do have to pay for prescriptions and that is very costly when you have quite a few items, as for paying for a gp we do pay in our wages. What happens if the nhs goes bust and you have to have private medical insurance. I would sooner do without a gadget that isnt really neccessary and keep our nhs.
I'm 81 and don't pay for prescriptions! I wouldn't be able to get the necessary medication if I was under 65. So you don't think managing my COPD is at all important. What does it say at the beginning of that seminal document, "First do no harm."
Before I reached free prescription age I always invested in an annual prepayment card, which was well worth saving up for. Here in Wales prescriptions are free, but I know that there are people who abuse the system.
Sorry but no, If they did where would it all end, e.g I need and had to buy a humidity meter as humidy affects my Asthma.
The BBC weather on line gives hourly updates on pollution in all areas
I find it quite amusing that you are monitoring air quality yet whilst you are driving around you are actually adding to pollutants in your own and other peoples environment so therefore i don't think it would be reasonable to ask the Nhs to foot the bill. 
I'm an 81 yr old multiply disabled man living in a rural village without public transport. I live on a small pension and government rules mean I am unable to too claim motability. My road tax then is £300 a year. I have to rely on a wheelchair accessible vehicle to get me out of my home (which happens rarely). I steer clear of major urban areas and mainly use back roads to avoid exhaust fumes and travel to get shopping. I firmly believe I have the human right to independent living and I also believe that society has a duty to support and respect disabled people. I'm also getting the distinct impression this forum is peopled by well-to-do uncaring tories!
Being a life long labour voter and having cared 24/7 for a wife,sadly no longer here who needed me to transport her in a WAV vehicle after being paralyzed and muted by stroke please don't assume for one moment i am one of the people you mentioned.
Had you described your predicament and the need to use your vehicle i might not have been so flippant in my reply but that still doesn't change my views on the Nhs providing what i believe are items that are not essential for living.
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I’ve just read your post about a PM 2.5 , i haven’t heard of this but sounds very useful. I travel a lot.( well, did, before this awful crisis and lockdown). I would like to have one. Where would i find one?
Thank you.
The one I have is made by NOKLEAD and it's called a PM2.5 Index. I'm sure if you google it, it will appear. Mine cost just about £60.
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