Special reports

The British Lung Foundation has produced a number of special reports that you can download below.

• Invisible Lives report looking into the people and places facing the greatest challenge from COPD. (Published November 2007) To read a summary of the report's key findings click here.
• An unnatural death is a report into investigations of mesothelioma death and their impact on bereaved families. (Published February 2007)
• Lost in translation reports on a BLF survey that reveals the communication barriers between healthcare professionals and people with COPD. (Published July 2006)
• 20 years of BLF research explores the research activities we have been involved with over the last 20 years. (Published 2005)
• Lung Report III takes a wide-ranging look at the nation's respiratory health and highlights facts about lung disease and the toll it takes on patients. It looks at the progress which has been made since Lung Report II was published in 2000 and the ways in which services and treatment need to be improved to ensure good lung health for all in the future. (Lung Report III statistics. These statistics accompany Lung Report III.) (Lung Report III published September 2003)
• Cannabis - A Smoking Gun? is a report on the effects on lungs of smoking cannabis. (Published November 2002)
• The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Survey, carried out in conjunction with the British Thoracic Society, shows which hospitals in the UK offer this vital service. (Published 2002)