Millions of people in the UK live with food allergies and the numbers are spiralling upwards, particularly among children. Hospital admissions for severe allergic reactions to food have more than tripled in the last 20 years in the UK, with children and young people most affected.
For too long food allergy has been a low priority in this country. NHS allergy services are woefully inadequate. Schools and businesses are unprepared for the allergy epidemic we’re now facing. There’s not enough medical research into the causes of food allergies and how to treat them. People with food allergies and their loved ones feel isolated and ignored.
The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity, wants to make change happen for people living with food allergies.
But to do that, we need your help to create a national voice for people with food allergies. Because food allergies are everyone’s problem.
Tell us what you think, by completing our national survey.
The survey is short and will take 5-10 minutes to complete. And at the end there’s an opportunity to share more about your experience of living with allergies and the change you would like to see.
We hope you will complete our survey, your contribution will help to inform our ongoing work to make allergy history.
Together, let’s make some noise about food allergies.