Prof Nick Hopkinson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- medical director at Asthma + Lung UK and specialist respiratory consultant
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“It's well established that lung health is a key indicator of health inequalities, and that corresponds with what we're seeing here. Areas of England which voted overwhelmingly for Reform UK were among the most affected by chronic conditions associated with breathlessness – like asthma, COPD and obesity.”
What Prof Nick Hopkinson has said
“Lung disease is very tied up with inequality. Respiratory conditions had never received the same attention as other diseases such as cancer and heart disease, even though they were the third biggest killer globally.”
medical director at Asthma + Lung UK and specialist respiratory consultant · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Emergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in England ↗
Where Prof Nick Hopkinson has been quoted
- Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK in Englandimperial.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Emergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in Englandtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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