Hay fever spike

There has been a huge increase in the number of people visiting their GP with hay fever symptoms this year, with 114% more cases this June than during the same period last year.
    
It is thought the increase may be linked to the prolonged period of warm weather we experienced early in the summer.

What can you do?    
If you were one of the tens of thousands of people who saw their GP for the treatment of hay fever (or one of the thousands more who no doubt didn't seek professional treatment), now would be the ideal time to start preparing for next summer's hay fever onslaught using one of the alternative approaches outlined in our taster issue.