Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

First UK-wide joint asthma guideline recommends combination treatment for new diagnoses

The guideline recommends that all asthma patients over the age of 12 should be prescribed low dosages of inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol to address inflammation and symptoms.…

Joint guidance for asthma recommends replacing SABA with corticosteroid inhalers

The draft guidance proposes the use of combined inhaled corticosteroid/formoterol inhalers over previously preferred short-acting beta agonists.…

Angela Timoney becomes first pharmacist to chair Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network council

Angela Timoney, a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has become the first pharmacist to chair the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network council.…

Personalising treatment for type 2 diabetes: why is NICE so behind?

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s rudimentary approach to managing diabetes needs to catch up with the available evidence and put patients centre stage.…

Identifying those with poor asthma control

People with poor asthma control may not always attend asthma review appointments and community pharmacists could help find them.…

Asthma: long-term management

Asthma management is based on a stepwise approach that should see medicines added or stopped based on patient symptoms.…