Specialist commentators

Advice

The following clinicians contributed to this briefing:

Dr Thomas Brown, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, no conflicts of interest.
Dr Paddy Dennison, Respiratory consultant physician, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Paddy has had a consultancy fee from Novartis for attendance at acute asthma workshop. The department has received Novartis grants for improving non-acute services, and delivering biological. Wessex Asthma Network receives sponsorship from several drug companies.
Dr Adel Mansur, Respiratory consultant physician, Birmingham Regional Severe Asthma Services, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, no conflicts of interest.
Miss Rachel Stead, Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, no conflicts of interest.
Dr Andrew Whittamore, GP, Portsmouth, and Clinical Lead at Asthma UK. Executive Committee member at Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK). Andrew is chair of a session organised by Pfizer at the PCRS-UK annual conference (charity working to support respiratory healthcare professionals). Fees related to this role were paid to PCRS-UK.

Representatives from the following patient organisations contributed to this briefing: