All Respiratory articles – Page 6
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Implementing guidelines
New national guideline should raise standards of asthma care
The SIGN/BTS joint guideline provides up to date evidence-based recommendations on all aspects of asthma management, explains Dr John Haughney
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Personal view
Joint asthma guideline is a valuable tool for GPs
The SIGN/BTS guideline will encourage best practice in primary care management of asthma, says Dr Peter Saul
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Personal view
New guidance on COPD helps GPs to identify early disease
Dr David Bellamy, GP, Bournemouth, and a BTS member
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Good practice initiative
Shared care guideline reduces referrals for children with croup
Drs Jack Beattie and James Paton explain how a local, joint guideline recommending early treatment with corticosteroids significantly improved outcomes in croup
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Good practice initiative
Beacon practice's COPD management strategy is adopted by PCG
In the first of a new series, Dr Ian Eccleston and Kay Holt explain how their approach to implementing the BTS guidelines has been taken up by their PCG
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Personal view
Primary Care Taskforce aims to raise awareness of COPD
Dr Dermot Ryan, member of the COPD Primary Care Taskforce and Chairman of the General Practice Airways Group
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Hot topic
Asking three simple questions will help improve asthma care
Dr Christine Bucknall describes how the RCP developed three patient-focused outcomes that would act as a prompt to review treatment
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Good practice initiative
Implementing asthma guidelines at practice level
Dr Charles Sears describes how his practice adapted the BTS guidelines on asthma management to suit their patient population
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Implementing guidelines
Why we need COPD guidelines
Dr Mike Pearson discusses the background to the British Thoracic Society's recently published COPD guidelines
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Good practice initiative
Patient-held records improve asthma care
Katharine Abba, of the Liverpool PCAG, describes how the Mersey Asthma Care Record helped improve asthma management in general practice