Table 1.

Long-term health conditions

Long-term health conditions cover a wide range of conditions, that can be life-long, slowly deteriorating, potentially curable and with a variable course [49]. These conditions include (list not exhaustive):

• Diabetes

• Asthma

• Juvenile arthritis

• Cancer

• Cystic fibrosis

• Muscular dystrophy

• Early manifestation of a condition that may become chronic (e.g. acne)

Conditions which would not be included in this definition of long-term health conditions are vaccinations and those which are treated as emergency or acute conditions