All links accessed April 27 2019

1. NHS Long Term Plan. January 2019. https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/

2. British Lung Foundation. ‘The battle for breath - the economic burden of lung disease’. 2017. https://www.blf.org.uk/policy/economic-burden

3. British Lung Foundation. ‘Pneumonia statistics’. https://statistics.blf.org.uk/pneumonia

4. Public Health England. Guidance. ‘Respiratory disease: applying All Our Health’. April 1 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/respiratory-disease-applying-all-our-health/respiratory-disease-applying-all-our-health

5. British Lung Foundation. ‘Battle for breath’ report. 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/policy/the-battle-for-breath-2016

6. NICE. Clinical guideline CG191. ‘Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management’. December 2014. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg191

7. JD Chalmers et al. ‘A systematic review of the burden of vaccine preventable pneumococcal disease in UK adults’. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2016. 16:77. https://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12890-016-0242-0

8. British Lung Foundation. ‘What is pneumonia?’. Page last reviewed: October 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/what-is-pneumonia

9. NHS. Health A to Z. Pneumonia. Page last reviewed: May 11 2016. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pneumonia/

10. British Lung Foundation. ‘Who’s at risk of pneumonia?’. Page last reviewed: October 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/whos-at-risk

11. British Lung Foundation. ‘Symptoms of pneumonia’. Page last reviewed: October 2016.  https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/symptoms

12. NHS. Health A to Z. Pleurisy. Page last reviewed: May 16 2017. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pleurisy/

13. G Mackenzie. ‘The definition and classification of pneumonia’. Pneumonia. 2016. 8:14 https://pneumonia.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41479-016-0012-z

14. British Lung Foundation. ‘Diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia’. Page last reviewed: October 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/diagnosis-and-treatment

15. NICE. News. ‘NICE and Public Health England publish new antibiotic prescribing guidance for patients with suspected pneumonia’. February 12 2019.  https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-and-public-health-england-publish-antibiotic-prescribing-guidance-for-patients-with-suspected-pneumonia

16. NICE. ‘Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing’. In development [GID-NG10130]. Expected publication date: September 16 2019 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10130/documents

17. British Lung Foundation. ‘Recovering from pneumonia’. Page last reviewed: October 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/recovery

18. NHS. Common health questions. ‘Is pneumonia contagious?’. Page last reviewed: October 13 2016. https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/infections/is-pneumonia-contagious/

19. British Lung Foundation. ‘How to prevent pneumonia’. Page last reviewed: October 2016. https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/pneumonia/prevention

20. NHS. Health A to Z. Vaccinations. Pneumococcal vaccine. Page last reviewed: February 14 2019. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/pneumococcal-vaccination/

21. NICE CKS Clinical Knowledge Summaries. ‘Immunizations – pneumococcal’. Last revised: August 2016. https://cks.nice.org.uk/immunizations-pneumococcal