It is not a tick box template – all consultations with patients should be approached holistically and tailored specifically to the patient’s needs, requirements and other co-morbidities and situations.
We have issued pragmatic guidance for the routine and crisis management of patients with asthma and COPD during the UK Covid-19 epidemic.
Asthma Guidelines in Practice – A PCRS Consensus is a practical and pragmatic guide for healthcare professionals working in primary and intermediate care. This guide was commissioned to provide clarity on aspects of diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma that are uncertain
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) came out a decade ago, yet as a nation, we still have the highest asthma death rate in Europe - four times that of Italy or the Netherlands. This is unsurprising, considering many patients still rely on their blue inhalers alone.
On the 28th November the joint National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) will publish their long-awaited single guideline on asthma diagnosis, monitoring and management.
The webinar will be held on Wednesday 15th January 2025 at 19:00 for 30 minutes.
This webinar featured short presentations and discussions from our amazing and vastly experienced panel: Carol Stonham, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Deborah Leese, Helena Cummings and Darush Attar-Zadeh, chaired by our Executive Vice-Chair Ren Lawlor.
This is a high-level summary of what the new BTS/NICE/SIGN Asthma: diagnosis monitoring and chronic asthma management guideline means for you as a primary healthcare professional and what steps you need to take to implement it effectively.
New BTS/NICE/SIGN Guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management 2024Today (27th November) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegi