British guideline on managing asthma: a new philosophy
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Editorial
The 21st September 2016 saw the launch of the latest version of our national asthma guideline, published jointly by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (BTS/SIGN, 2016).
The original BTS guideline was published in 1990, and SIGN’s own version dated back to 1996. In 1999 the two organisations recognised the need to develop a joint guideline, the result of which was the 2003 BTS/SIGN asthma guideline (SIGN/BTS, 2011).
This is the seventh version of this guideline, which has been produced in conjunction with a range of stakeholders including the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS), Asthma UK and Health Improvement Scotland (HIS).
