Guidance and Best Practice

This article has been created as a summary of a range of material from PCRS tools and encompasses the basics of a good respiratory review.

We have issued pragmatic guidance for the routine and crisis management of patients with asthma and COPD during the UK Covid-19 epidemic. The guide has been written to response to the questions that primary care colleagues are now asking, particularly around steroid use as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

A guide commissioned to provide clarity on aspects of diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma.

The Wessex AHSN is working to support the spread of FeNO testing and to improve the pathways for people with suspected and confirmed asthma. They have compiled a range of support tools which are available through their website.  Access now

This pragmatic guide on the identification, referral and ongoing management of adults and children with severe asthma has been developed by an expert group led by Dr Steve Holmes, a GP based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset and including Will Carroll, University Hospital of the North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Fiona Mosgrove, Clinical Lead Grampian Respiratory Improvement Programme, Angela Pugh of the University Hospital of Llandough Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and Robert Stone, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

This article by Darush Attar Zadeh features a succinct narrative on the myths and facts around asthma management.

The asthma slide rule helps to start a conversation with your patients and colleagues around how much salbutamol is acceptable before a review is necessary

There are various forms of rhinitis, which is defined as inflammation of the nasal mucosa and can be due to various causes such as an allergen, infection, vaso-motor abnormality (caused by an irritant). The condition may also involve the sinuses and is known as rhino-sinusitis.