Colourful inhaler cases could boost child use

The NHS will examine whether entrepreneur Will Hogge's covers could improve usage among children.

An entrepreneur's colourful inhaler covers are set to feature in an NHS study aimed at increasing usage of the devices among children.

An asthmatic himself, he said the covers were aimed at making inhalers appear less "medical and awkward".Martha is much more happy using her unicorn inhaler than her previous one "Before we got the funky inhalers, there was a bit of resistance and it wasn't fun and we'd have to chase her around the house with it, as it was necessary but boring," he said., said: "I was only going to make one but then I saw one in five children have asthma and I thought, 'okay this is such an opportunity to help people here'.He said he had sold 20,000 already, making each by hand with the help of his wife, Harriet.

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