Excellence in Asthma Reviews

In the UK 5.4 million people receive treatment for asthma.¹

Guidance from various bodies recommend that patients with chronic conditions, including asthma, should have at least an annual structured review by a specialist healthcare professional.^2,3,4

Furthermore, those at high risk of severe asthma attacks should be monitored more closely, ensuring that their Personalised Asthma Action Plans (PAAPs) are reviewed and updated at each review.³

In this presentation Ms Barrett draws on her own experience of conducting asthma reviews whilst reflecting on asthma itself as not only a long-term condition but the diagnosis, the individual patient, and the aims of good asthma care.

References:

1. British Lung Foundation. Asthma Statistics. https://statistics.blf.org.uk/asthma

2. Royal College of Physicians. Why asthma still kills. The national review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) 2014. https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/why-asthma-still-kills

3. SIGN 158 British guideline on the management of asthma. https://www.sign.ac.uk/sign-158-british-guideline-on-the-management-of-asthma

4. NICE [NG80] Recommendations. Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng80/chapter/Recommendations

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• Frances Barrett

  Respiratory Nurse Specialist

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  Frances Barrett

  Respiratory Nurse Specialist Belfast

  Role and Location

  Respiratory Nurse Specialist Belfast – associated lecturer in The University of Ulster and director and trainer for Barrett McGrath EMS Ltd.

  Education

  RGN, Bsc (Hons) first class honours Respiratory, level 4 teaching and assessing certificate.

  Research

  Practice real world research – qualitative.

  Memberships

  NMC, RCN, ARTP, PCRS & ARNS.