Guidance and Best Practice

According to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) asthma control is assessed in two domains: symptom control and risk of adverse outcomes.  Poor symptom control is budensome to patients and increases the risk of exacerbations, but patients with good symptom control can still have severe exacerbations.[1]

Resources from the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) Programme

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.

Blowing away 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

A common problem, not to be sneezed at! Allergic Rhinitis is often under recognised and poorly managed.

In this article produced for Practice Nurse, author, PCRS Chair, Carol Stonham, describes FeNO testing and its role in diagnosing respiratory disease.  She discusses the advantages and limitations of this test.