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Primary Care Updates 2025: New UK Asthma Guidelines

8th Jan 2025
7:30 - 8:30pm (GMT)
8th Jan 2025
7:30 - 8:30pm (GMT)
Hosted on MedAll
Attendance certificate available
Free
ONLINE

Description

About the MedAll Primary Care CPD Programme

We are passionate about making great medical education easily accessible and we power thousands of medical courses and events every year. In light of the increasing commitments faced by healthcare professionals, including the rising cost of living and strained practice finances, we felt compelled to do something. It's why we have introduced a flexible, easy access CPD programme for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working in primary care. We recognise that the high expense of traditional CPD update courses is a significant barrier, and by collaborating as an entire primary care community we hope we can offer a practical, accessible alternative that delivers exceptional value.

About our speaker: Dr Steve Holmes

Steve Holmes has been an active clinical general practitioner for more than 30 years with a respiratory interest over this time. He has been chair of PCRS, is on the BTS council and research and science committee nationally and is involved with the International Primary Care Respiratory Group on their education committee. He has been a senior education (associate dean) in NHS England and has been on the RCGP Council for more than 13 years and PCRS for more than 20 years. He has more than 300 publications to his name but remains passionate that good clinical care makes a difference to our patients. Steve has been involved with the major respiratory charities and is working with the Taskforce for Lung Health. He aims to provide key tips on the areas that make a difference to clinicians working on the frontline in making good respiratory diagnoses and providing the care we all want to provide.

Who Should Join?

✅ GPs

✅ GP Trainees

✅ Primary care and practice nurses

✅ Practice pharmacists

✅ Other allied healthcare professionals in Primary Care

Accreditation Note

This event is not formally accredited by an external organisation for CPD points. The current guidance for GP CPD is that it is appropriate that the credits you self-allocate should equal however many hours you spent on learning activities, as long as they are demonstrated by a reflective note on lessons learned and any changes made or planned (if applicable).

Summary

This session will provide an in-depth overview of the new UK asthma guidelines published in November 2024. The guidelines emphasize a more proactive and evidence-based approach to diagnosing and managing asthma. Key topics will include:

The importance of using simple diagnostic tests to confirm chronic asthma at the earliest presentation of symptoms. The shift from prescribing reliever inhalers alone to initiating maintenance or combination treatments for newly diagnosed patients. The recommendation of a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol for patients aged 12 and older. Attendees will gain valuable insights into implementing these guidelines in clinical practice, improving outcomes for asthma patients, and staying up to date with the latest standards of care. This talk is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of asthma across various settings.

Learning objectives

Understand the Diagnostic Approach: Gain knowledge of the recommended simple diagnostic tests for confirming chronic asthma at the onset of symptoms and their role in early and accurate diagnosis.

Implement Treatment Guidelines: Learn how to prescribe maintenance or combination therapies, moving beyond reliever-only approaches, to improve long-term asthma management outcomes.

Apply Age-Specific Recommendations: Understand the use of low-dose combination inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol for patients aged 12 and over, and how to incorporate this into individualized patient care plans.

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8th Jan 2025
7:30 - 8:30pm (GMT)
Hosted on MedAll
Attendance certificate available
Free
ONLINE