IPF Idiopathic Pulmonery Fibrosis is a rare disease, but fast becoming less so.

There is no goverment funding for Support,Awareness or research into this disease which kills more people every year than cancer.

it is a disease that is not widely known about there are 35000 people currently in the uk will Pulmonary fibrosis and 5000 a year more diagnosed?

life expectancy is just 2-5 years from diagnosis .With a lung transplant been the only cure but very difficult to get.

There are only 2 hospitals in the uk that have IPF specialist units , Castle Hill Hull which is fortunatley Michaels where we have a fabulous team who as well as doing their jobs as Doctors, specialist nurses use their own time to fund raise so hats off to them . The other one is Papworth hospital .