This year's Breathe Easy Week takes place between 13-19 June, and will focus on breathlessness and pneumonia, and the actions you can take to help yourself to better respiratory health.
The advice from healthcare professionals is that there are plenty of things you can do to help yourself to breathe more easily. Things you can do to help yourself include:
Be more physically active – visit NHS Choices for advice on how to boost your physical activity and help you lose weight
If you smoke, visit NHS Smoke Free to get help to quit.
Get an early flu jab. Influenza can cause further inflammation of the airways and lungs, and may trigger an asthma attack. It can also lead to pneumonia and other acute respiratory diseases. NHS vaccination against seasonal influenza starts in early autumn, and this is free for people who are most at-risk.
Try some breathing techniques. Visit the British Lung Foundation website to learn various techniques to help you control your breathing.
Dr Chris Elliott, local GP and Chief Clinical Officer of NHS Sutton CCG, advises: "Breathe Easy Week is about helping those people who find it unexpectedly difficult or uncomfortable to breathe – breathlessness that they don't feel able to control.
"If you are breathless doing everyday activities, taking longer to do things or even avoiding doing things because you get out of breath, you should speak to your GP."
Breathe Easy Week is organised by the British Lung Foundation. There are more than 230 Breathe Easy support groups throughout the UK which provide support from people who know what it's like to suffer from breathlessness or a serious lung condition. To find out how they can help you live with breathlessness and pneumonia, visit Breathe Easy Week.