Why is good primary care essential for CYP asthma?

The majority of children and young people with asthma are cared for within primary and community care by their GP and Practice Nurse.

Join Oliver Anglin (GP and NCL children's lead), Julia Moody (GP and children's lead Tower Hamlets) and Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich) on Friday 18 September 2020 at 12.30pm - 1.30pm for a primary care focused webinar on how health care professionals in primary care can support CYP to manage their asthma more effectively, and the tangible difference that this support can make. The session will include:

- Diagnosis

- Extended asthma reviews

- Post exacerbation review

- Appropriately trained staff

- What does the future hold?

#AskAboutAsthma is run by Healthy London Partnership and the NHS in London and supported by the Mayor of London.

The #AAA campaign is timed to coincide with the return to school – when hospital admission rates for asthma are usually at their highest (week 38). It encourages health professionals, children and young people and their families to take three simple effective measures to help them control their asthma, namely:

• To have an asthma management plan.

• Be able to use their inhaler effectively

• Have an annual asthma review (as a minimum)

It also looks at the impact of air quality.

In addition to the online conference, this year's #AskAboutAsthma campaign will include a week long schedule of webinars, podcasts, blogs and social media activity.