Asthma: annual review

Indicator

The percentage of patients with asthma on the register, who have had an asthma review in the preceding 12 months that includes an assessment of asthma control, a recording of the number of exacerbations and a written personalised action plan.

Resource impact

The previous indicator IND188 was as follows:

The percentage of patients with asthma on the register, who have had an asthma review in the preceding 12 months that includes an assessment of asthma control using a validated asthma control questionnaire (including assessment of short acting beta agonist use), a recording of the number of exacerbations and a written personalised action plan.

Indicator IND272 updates and replaces IND188, which specified that an assessment of asthma control should use a validated asthma control questionnaire (including assessment of short acting beta agonist use).

This indicator is therefore not expected to lead to a significant change in clinical practice and any associated resource impact will be negligible.