Is it unfair to hayfever sufferers to have to sit examinations during periods of high pollen counts?

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Financial & competing interests disclosure

Victoria Hammersley is funded by the Scottish Chief Scientist Office as part of a Research Training Fellowship and is currently undertaking a trial exploring the effect of healthcare professional education on quality of life of adolescents with hayfever. Samantha Walker is Director of Education & Research at an educational charity that focuses on the education of health professionals as a key factor in improving patient health and quality of life. Aziz Sheikh has undertaken advisory work for a range of companies that manufacture diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical treatments for the management of seasonal allergic rhinitis. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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