Supported by: Bill Kidd*, Kevin Stewart*, Emma Harper*, Kenneth Gibson*, Annabelle Ewing*, Miles Briggs*, Pam Gosal*, Colin Beattie*, David Torrance*, Rona Mackay*, Jeremy Balfour*, Audrey Nicoll*, Ruth Maguire*, Pam Duncan-Glancy* *S6M-11215 Annie Wells: World COPD Day 2023—That the Parliament notes that World COPD Day takes place on 15 November 2023; understands that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for a number of lung conditions, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis; further understands that COPD is the second most common lung disease in Scotland, with an estimated 140,000 people living with the condition and tens of thousands living without a proper diagnosis, and is a major cause of ill health and death; welcomes the patient surveys by Asthma + Lung UK Scotland, which, it understands, found that only 9% of people surveyed received the five fundamentals of COPD care, down from 14.5% in 2022 and 17.2% in 2021; understands that COPD is a costly disease area, and that, if people are not diagnosed effectively and in a timely manner, provided with full care and treatment and supported to self-manage their condition, they can be hospitalised, leading to long stays in hospitals impacting the person’s long- term health and costing the NHS upwards of £3,000 per four- to eight-day stay, and recognises that the Respiratory Care Action Plan, published in March...