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Cast Your Vote for Us This January in the My Favourite Voucher Codes Charity Poll 21st December 2021

  Navigate to the right-hand side of the “My Favourite Voucher Codes” home page to vote. Mobile users – scroll down to the bottom of the home page.   We are delighted to announce that this month, the Anaphylaxis Campaign

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Take part in the FSA’s “May Contain” consultation 21st December 2021

The food industry must state if any of the 14 main allergens are contained in a food product. But, where there is a risk of cross-contamination where the food is prepared, they will add a precautionary allergen label, such as

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BSACI publishes vaccine allergy FAQs for GPs 20th December 2021

The British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) has published Vaccine Allergy FAQs for GPs. Please share with other health care professionals caring for patients with allergies. Read the Vaccine Allergy FAQs for GPs here. These can also be

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COVID-19 booster crisis for people with allergies 20th December 2021

The Anaphylaxis Campaign and Allergy UK are facing a deluge of desperate enquiries in response to the government’s promotion of the importance and urgency of the booster vaccination. Previous information has led people living with allergies to believe that the

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The Anaphylaxis Campaign gains PIF TICK accreditation as a ‘trusted information creator’ 10th December 2021

The Anaphylaxis Campaign has been awarded the PIF TICK – the UK’s only quality mark for print and online health information. To become a ‘trusted information creator’, the Campaign had to meet 10 key criteria. This was to prove its

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Statement regarding the dangers of the hotel quarantine system for those with life-threatening allergies 9th December 2021

The Anaphylaxis Campaign is calling for urgent action from the government to protect those with severe food allergies. This follows an alarming report in the Guardian of a case of life-threatening anaphylaxis to nuts in a hotel-quarantined individual. Anaphylaxis Campaign’s

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Joining up the dots – immunotherapy and the BRIT registry 9th December 2021

Guest article by Revd Dr Mich Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, Founding Chair of BRIT, and Consultant in Allergy & Immunology at Southampton Children’s Hospital People say that there is strength in numbers, and for people with rare diseases it’s important to work together

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#FOODSENSITIVE impact study wave 2 18th November 2021

  Please take part in the 2nd survey on the impact of food hypersensitivity, led by Dr Rebecca Knibb at Aston University in collaboration with Universities of Surrey, Manchester and Newcastle, Allergy Action, Guys and St Thomas and Birmingham University

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Cheshire restaurant prosecuted after customer suffered a severe allergic reaction 16th November 2021

A restaurant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has been prosecuted by Cheshire West and Chester Council after a customer with a nut allergy suffered a severe allergic reaction to eating macarons. Haute Dolci Cheshire Oaks owners HD Coliseum Ltd pleaded guilty

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