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Corinne Beirne, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Amanda Roberts, from PCRS’s patient reference group, discuss what constitutes a good asthma review from a patient’s perspective.

There are various forms of rhinitis, which is defined as inflammation of the nasal

2024 marked a pivotal change in the management of asthma in the UK with the publication of a joint British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline. This guideline, ‘Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management’, has the potential to be the paradigm shift that is needed to improve asthma care in the UK.In the 2024 BTS/NICE/SIGN guideline1 there is a clear statement that says:

As a summary, this policy statement advocates:

In this inspiring article we learn about the power of storytelling for children and young people suffering from asthma. Asthma is a very common disease, and for some it is a lifelong condition requiring long-term self-management. Studies show that lay-led asthma education can lead to increased knowledge about symptoms, treatment and management strategies. Better understanding is also linked to a decrease in exacerbations and a reduction in symptoms. Receiving information about their condition will help educate children and young people and empower them to better manage their asthma.

In a time of uncertainty and financial pressure, this issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update (PCRU) is a vital resource for anyone working in respiratory care. As Integrated Care Boards across England face significant budget cuts, programmes that have taken years to build are now under threat. But rather than retreat, we must respond with purpose, unity, and evidence.

For our next In Conversation Katherine was joined by Dr Richard Russell, a man of many respiratory interested hats!As we know, in many cases patients are still not being prescribed the right medications, and unless we make change now, this same conversation will continue to be had for years to come.Both Katherine and Richard share an immense passion about how patients should be cared for, and during this In Conversation they will break the inhaler inertia and talk about how we can move away from the outdated respiratory care that continues to be provided.

This is the second webinar in the PCRS Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) in asthma campaign. It provides information on anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR) and MART treatment options in the context of the new BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guideline 2024 and associated implementation guidance.