Less than 30% patients with Asthma have a Personalised Asthma Action Plan (PAAP). Monitoring of inhaler prescribing allows practitioners to identify patients who have poorly controlled asthma; every patient should be collecting at least 12 preventer inhalers per year and more than 12 reliever inhaler prescribing per year suggest poor control.

In the following video, Gwyneth and Lorna explore the elements of asthma self-management, highlighting the importance of both the asthma annual review and the personalised asthma action plan.