Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Prof Anna Murphy and Rajijyot Saggu – two talented and eminent pharmacists who work in the field of respiratory disease. We discuss the latest update the asthma guideline from NICE - a milestone as for the first time, this integrates NICE, BTS and SIGN guideline as a collaboration between the three organisations.
Anna, is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at DeMontfort University, and a Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist for University Hospitals of Leicester. She has over 25 years experience working in the field of Respiratory Medicine and sits on several national committees, most notably on the BTS council, as co-chair of the medicine optimisation working group of the Taskforce for Lung Health and a member of the NHSE Inhaler working group.
Anna has published widely in peer reviewed journals, is author of Asthma-in-Focus and produced the “7-Steps to Success” inhaler education materials.
Ravijyot has a background as a hospital pharmacist is an honorary clinical lecturer for the London School of Pharmacy at UCL. She was the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s clinical fellow in 2021/22. She is chair of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association respiratory committee and has been part of NICE/British Thoracic Society (BTS) & European Respiratory Society guideline development committees. She is a coach as well as a NICE Associate, and is passionate about sustainable, personalised and holistic care for patients, population health/integrated care to reduce health inequalities
We discuss the main highlights of the update and some of the challenges that may arise when implementing these recommendations, particularly around the person-centred approach needed and the sustainability implications.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN)
Patient decision aid on asthma inhalers and climate change
AAC uncontrolled asthma pathway
Greener practice asthma QI toolkit
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