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Find your voice: New poetry competition for the PH community

A new poetry competition launched by the PHA UK aims to help people in the pulmonary hypertension community explore the therapeutic benefits of writing.

31 March 2026

Making sense of the latest changes to benefit reforms

As part of a headline-grabbing debate in Parliament yesterday (1st July), there have been further changes to the government’s proposals to amend parts of the benefits system including Personal independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC).

2 July 2025

Playing our part in the pathway

PHA UK Chair Dr Iain Armstrong took to the stage at a major health and care conference in June, as part of a panel discussing the NHS England Breathlessness Pathway.

13 June 2025

Proposed changes to the benefits system: Information for people with PH (updated)

On 18th March, the government announced proposals to change parts of the benefits system, including Personal independence Payments (PIP), which many people with pulmonary hypertension rely on. We have put together this information to help you understand what has been proposed, what it means for people with long-term health conditions, and what happens next.

20 March 2025

An open letter to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We were shocked and dismayed to see comments from the Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggesting that organisations like ours should stop standing up for patients by lobbying government.

12 February 2025

Why compassion in healthcare matters

A blog by PHA UK Dr Iain Armstrong

15 October 2024