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