Asthma Guidelines in Practice – a PCRS-UK consensus co-authored by GP and PhD student Dr Luke Daines
The British Thoracic Society (BTS)/Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) asthma management guideline and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for diagnosis and monitoring asthma, and for management of chronic asthma, were published in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Differences in methodologies used have resulted in two conflicting national guidelines - these discrepancies were recently explored in a BMJ Thorax commentary co-authored by Professor Hilary Pinnock.
In order to provide clarity for primary care clinicians, PCRS-UK has published a consensus statement on key aspects of the diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma. Co-authored by GP and PhD student Dr Luke Daines, Asthma Guidelines in Practice - A PCRS-UK Consensus - sets out a practical view of the key issues raised by the two recommendations, offering a feasible solution.
Dr Luke Daines and co-authors (GP and nurse colleagues Duncan Keeley, Kevin Gruffydd Jones, Steve Holmes, Val Gerrard and Carol Stonham) have based the consensus on the recently published PCRS-UK briefing paper.
The authors state: “A return to a single asthma guideline developed through the collaboration of NICE and BTS/SIGN would allow the strengths of both organisations to be drawn upon to produce clear and consistent recommendations.”
Read the consensus on the PCRS-UK website
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Download the PCRS-UK briefing document