NURSES at a medical practice in Thornaby have thanked the supporters of Teesside Asthma Group for supplying them with equipment.

The group has spent 12 months fundraising for the Thornaby and Barwick Medical Group and, earlier in the year, presented a portable spirometer, which helps to test patients' lungs.

Sister Mary O'Hara, from the medical group, said yesterday that the equipment would drastically improve some patients' lives.