It was expected that the merged charity would save around £2 million a year in running costs compared to operating independently.

[6] Asthma + Lung UK appointed Sarah Sleet as its new chief executive officer in January 2024.

[22] The Centre has been a regular participant in the Scottish Parliament's Cross-Party Group on Lung Health since its inception in 2021.

In 2020, the taskforce revealed that lung patients’ symptoms had improved during lockdown as a result of a drop in air pollution.

[26] However in 2021, it warned that one fifth of lung disease patients had to wait more than a year for a prognosis, and risked dying before they were even diagnosed.