Noel Baxter PCRS Policy Lead and Tracey Lonergan PCRS Policy Coordinator.
Presented by Darush Attar-Zadeh and Katherine Hickman, this session challenged delegates on their prescribing habits and attention to patient behaviours, and provided tangible tools and techniques for immediate adoption into practice to improve asthma outcomes.
Date for review: 12th June 2025
The captain of your asthma care should be your regular preventer inhaler, not the co-pilot blue inhaler.
Succinct guidance on the key elements of a good respiratory review for people with asthma
In these three case studies, clinicians explain how practices can help their patients to reduce their over reliance on short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA)
The playing cards on these slides and downloadable PDF playing cards are a way to trigger conversations with healthcare teams, and between pharmacists and patients regarding the use of/reliance on SABA inhalers. We invite you to use them to start a discussion!
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