Advanced Asthma Management in Primary Care

• Scope and expectations of advanced asthma management in Primary Care
• How this course builds on foundation-level asthma learning
• Patient safety, governance, and escalation boundaries

• Identifying poor control and ongoing risk in adult asthma
• Use of symptom assessment tools and objective measures
• Interpreting spirometry, peak flow, and FeNO in complex presentations
• Recognising red flags and post-exacerbation risk

• Stepwise optimisation of inhaled therapies in adults
• MART and AIR approaches: practical application and limitations
• Inhaler selection, technique challenges, and adherence issues
• Monitoring response and recognising treatment failure

• Distinguishing poor control, adherence issues, and co-morbidity
• Structured assessment prior to escalation
• Managing asthma alongside obesity, smoking, rhinitis, GORD, anxiety, and depression
• When optimisation has been exhausted in Primary Care

• Recognising high-risk asthma and frequent exacerbators
• Risk following emergency attendance or hospital admission
• Safety-netting and follow-up after acute events
• Learning from asthma-related incidents in Primary Care

• When and how to refer to respiratory services
• Understanding specialist assessment and investigation pathways
• Communicating effectively across the Primary–Secondary Care interface
• Role clarity in shared-care arrangements

• Addressing adherence challenges and treatment burden
• Impact of deprivation, housing, occupation, and environment
• Personalised care planning and shared decision-making

• Complex adult asthma case studies
• Advanced clinical decision-making scenarios
• Peer discussion and reflective learning

All courses are developed and delivered by experienced healthcare professionals with current or recent clinical experience in Primary Care and long-term condition management. Trainers are appropriately qualified and maintain up-to-date knowledge in line with national guidance. Course content and curriculum are subject to regular review to ensure they remain evidence based, aligned to national standards, and reflective of current best practice at the time of delivery.