“Most people with asthma have one or more preventer inhalers (which control your asthma) and a reliever or rescue inhaler ...

and a reliever or rescue inhaler (usually blue), which relieves symptoms,” the patient advice brochure published online said. “Some types of inhalers contain a propellant (gas) to carry the ...

He added: "Deaths are often caused by patients not taking their preventer steroid medication and over-using their blue rescue inhaler, so therefore if we can track patients use of the correct ...

Doctors have been told to stop prescribing blue inhalers for asthma because they harm the planet. The NHS has estimated inhalers, which are prescribed 60 million times a year in England ...

Asthma patients to be shown leaflets detailing climate impact of inhalers as NHS estimates they account for 3pc of their carbon footprint Doctors have been told to stop prescribing blue inhalers ...