The National Allergy Strategy

Through the National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG), Allergy UK has worked alongside key partners across the allergy sector to develop a comprehensive blueprint for improving allergy prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support across the UK.

The National Allergy Strategy is pioneering in its scope, and has been developed in response to a growing and hitherto unresolved crisis and has for the first time, united the whole allergy community with one voice.

The recommendations of the National Allergy Strategy are intended for wide dissemination and implementation by a range of public sector bodies including healthcare providers, government departments, as well as by schools, catering, retail and transport bodies. The successful roll-out of the strategy will entail a significant effort by everyone with responsibility in the aforementioned areas, as well as a collaborative approach between policymakers across the four nations of the UK and the allergy community, to make the change needed become a reality.

The Strategy provides the coordinated, four‑nation response that has long been missing from addressing the serious system failures affecting allergy care. It sets out the national policy foundations and actions required to recognise allergy as a major long‑term health condition, align policy and delivery across health, education, food regulation, environment and employment, and establish the leadership, standards, data and workforce needed to deliver safer, more equitable outcomes across the UK. It builds on a strong coalition of patient, clinical, education, industry, and parliamentary partners and on recent momentum for change, and is designed to convert long‑standing evidence into practical, measurable improvements in people’s lives, reduce preventable harm, improve outcomes, increase inclusivity and address inequalities for people living with allergic disease across the UK.

The Strategy focuses on system‑level change: embedding allergy into national policy, strengthening safety and inclusion in everyday environments, and improving accountability, surveillance and prevention across health, education, food, environmental and workplace settings.

In addition to our core policy calls on primary care reform and a National Allergy Register, the National Allergy Strategy includes recommendations to:

• improve access to vital medicines
• ensure mandatory allergy guidance and training in schools
• appoint a National Allergy Tsar to coordinate cross-government action.

The Strategy is designed to support Government and the NHS in embedding allergy care within workforce planning, digital reform, prevention policy and community-based care.

Now is the moment to act.

One in three people in the UK live with allergies. Demand is rising. Services are fragmented. The data gap remains.

The Government’s NHS reform agenda provides a rare opportunity to embed allergy properly within the system – shifting care into communities, strengthening prevention and harnessing digital transformation. We are urging all stakeholders – parliamentarians, clinicians and health sector partners – to work with Allergy UK and our NASG partners to ensure that the launch of the National Allergy Strategy marks the beginning of lasting change.

Together, we can transform allergy care for millions of patients and families across the UK.