This section is intended for clinicians caring for children with asthma in primary, community, hospital or tertiary care setting. It outlines examples of best practice in the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of children and young people with asthma. If a child has a personalised asthma action plan they are four times less likely to […]
The majority of children and young people with asthma are cared for within the community by their GP and the practice nurse. Some patients require more support within a hospital or tertiary care setting. This section provides tools to support doctors and healthcare professionals in primary, community and secondary care to develop high quality asthma […]
Transformation Partners in Health and Care and London’s three Children and Young People’s Mental Health Inpatient Provider Collaboratives have been working with Beat, the UK’s Eating Disorder charity, to ensure that parents and carers have access to high-quality support so they can best support their loved ones. Beat offer a range of free support for […]
Robert Adoo Kissi-Debrah shares his experiences of living with asthma as a young person and how he has learnt to manage the condition. Robert also draws on the work of The Ella Roberta Foundation, founded by his mother, Rosamund, which raises awareness about asthma and campaigns to improve air quality for everyone, everywhere.
Ruth Fitzharris from Mums for Lungs blogs about the links between air pollution and asthma. Ruth considers the practical changes which parents of children with asthma can take to reduce the risk of air pollution triggering their condition, as well as the need for wider-system changes to tackle air pollution across cities.
Haringey’s Public Health team share how they are taking a whole systems approach to asthma management, including addressing environmental triggers, introducing a comprehensive education programme and promoting personalised care and effective preventative interventions to control and reduce the risk of asthma attacks.
Dr Greg Burch from Tiny Medical Apps writes about the role Digital Health Passports can play in helping young people to manage their asthma.
Once year since its launch, Sara Nelson and Viv Marsh look back on the impact of the #RightInhalerCampaign which highlights the importance of choosing the right inhaler image which depicts the right person, the right preventative treatment, in the right way, with the right technique, at the right time, in the right place.
Following on from two tragic and preventable deaths in North West London (NWL), the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Asthma Network is keen to support all clinicians who interact with CYP asthma, read more about this work.
In this #AskAboutAsthma blog, we hear from Kat Roberts from Tackling Air Pollution At School (TAPAS). TAPAS is one of six Clean Air Networks funded by the Government’s Strategic Priorities Fund ‘Clean Air Programme’ and is working to tackle the impact of air pollution on children’s lung health.