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BTS/NICE/SIGN Joint Guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management
BTS/NICE/SIGN Joint Guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management The British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), have produced a joint guideline on the diagnosis, monit...;
The Asthma 4: a new asthma attack care bundle
The BTS asthma attack care bundle, sets out four high impact actions ("The Asthma 4") that, when implemented, are most likely to improve outcomes for patients following an asthma attack. These are: Action 1: Medication Review Action 2: A Personalised Asthma Action Plan Action 3: Tobacco dependenc...;
Asthma
In the UK, over 8 million people, or approximately 12% of the population, have been diagnosed with asthma. Approximately 160,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with asthma each year. Currently, 5.4 million people are receiving asthma treatment. (NICE, May 2021) Our QI work on asthma include...;
NICE - Asthma Quality Standard
BTS Clinical Statement Occupational Asthma
A link to the corresponding publication and editorial in Thorax and be found here.;
BTS ILD Registry
The BTS Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Registry holds national longitudinal data for two disease areas, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis. As of February 2023 this was expanded to all fibrosing ILDs. The aim of the Registry is to provide a means of reviewing nationwide data to...;
NHS Steroid Emergency Card and National Patient Safety Alert
Clinical Audit
The BTS audit programme offers a broad range of national clinical audits covering both adult and paediatric respiratory disease. All reports from previous national audits are available to download. Log in/ register to use the BTS Audit website The audit periods for our national audits are set out...;
Education and Events
Introducing the BTS Asthma 4: a new asthma attack care bundle
Introducing the Asthma 4: a new asthma attack care bundle BTS launched its new asthma attack care bundle in January 2024, which sets out four high impact actions ("The Asthma 4") that, when implemented, are most likely to improve outcomes for patients following an asthma attack. This...;
BTS/NICE/SIGN - Joint Asthma Guideline Webinars
BTS hosted two webinars in March 2025 to support the dissemination of the BTS/NICE/SIGN Joint Guideline for the Diagnosis, Monitoring and Management of Chronic Asthma The first of these explored the aspects of the Guideline relevant to managing children and young people with chronic asthma and th...;
Navigating the complexity of asthma biologics: from choice to delivery
Recorded: 22 October 2025Speakers: Dr Alexandra Nanzer-Kelly (London) & Helena Cummings (Hull) The right treatment for the right patient with severe asthma can be transformative but requires an in-depth knowledge of responder characteristics, causes of persisting symptoms whilst on biologic t...;
Improving Asthma Management 2026
Advanced Practice in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Recording) - 2025
This page will close at 4pm on 2 February 2026 Liquid And Weight Conversion Chart Links from chat pre-recorded presentations Overview of aerobic & resistance training 2024 - Karen Ingram Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with asthma - Rachael Evans &nb...;
BTS Webinars
Every year we run a series of webinars. These are free to attend and support the full multi-professional respiratory workforce.CPD accreditation will not be provided for BTS webinars and no CPD certificates will be issued. However, RESP webinars do offer CPD for attendees, and these are available...;
Workforce
Choosing your subspecialty
There are certain areas of respiratory medicine where “super” specialist training is required. This is because the diseases they treat are rare, complex or require a specific set of skills which cannot be easily achieved during general respiratory training. The curriculum calls for all respirator...;
Delivery of Care
National Respiratory Plans
England The Society welcomes the NHS England Long Term Plan, and particularly its respiratory focus. We are working closely with NHS England to support the delivery of the plan's respiratory objectives. We have produced a 4-point plan to help reduce respiratory pressures on the NHS in the Winter...;
Research and Innovation
Pre-doctoral early career fellowships for respiratory HCPs
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) has joined with Asthma + Lung UK (A+LUK) to fund grants for healthcare professionals who would like to apply for a PhD (or equivalent qualification, e.g. MD) in respiratory-related research, but currently do not have the time, resources, or support needed to dev...;
Integrated Respiratory Research collaborative (INSPIRE)
INSPIRE, the Integrated Respiratory Research collaborative, is the UK’s research network for early career doctors and allied health professionals in respiratory medicine.INSPIRE aims to facilitate a collaborative approach to performing clinical research projects and high-quality audits at regiona...;
Other
Higher levels of financial inequality linked to increase in asthma deaths
BTS/SIGN British Guideline on the management of asthma 2019
Summary of the BTS/NICE/SIGN Joint Asthma Guideline Now Available
New joint guideline recommends healthcare professionals prescribe combination treatments rather than ‘reliever’ medications alone for people with newly diagnosed asthma
BTS announces “The Asthma 4” in Asthma Attack Bundle published today
NICE/BTS/SIGN joint Asthma Guideline update: Public consultation on scope and committee members recruitment
BTS marks World Asthma Day for 2024
BTS publishes new Clinical Statement on Occupational Asthma
BTS welcomes the launch of Asthma + Lung UK
Asthma Advisory Group
BTS, SIGN and NICE to produce Joint Guideline on chronic asthma
NICE BTS SIGN Joint Guideline for the Diagnosis, Monitoring and Management of Chronic Asthma
Consultation launched for the BTS/SIGN/NICE Draft Guideline on the Diagnosis, Monitoring and Management of Chronic Asthma
Update on the BTS/SIGN/NICE Joint Guideline for the Diagnosis, Monitoring and Management of Chronic Asthma
Introducing the new British Thoracic Society, Asthma + Lung UK and British Association of Lung Research Lecture Awards
Launch of new pre-doctoral early career fellowships for respiratory HCPs
Winners of the BTS/BALR/A+LUK Lecture awards 2024
Novel coronavirus: Covid-19 - Guidance from the UK's public health bodies
Environment and lung health
Improving air quality, and the need to address climate change, are key priorities for the Society Poor air quality is widely known to have negative effects on lung health, affecting people with existing lung disease and affecting lung function in children, predisposing them to chronic lung proble...;
Welcoming the incoming Committee Chairs for 2024
British Thoracic Society celebrates the Lecture Award winners for 2023
BTS Medal 2020
BTS celebrates the winners of the BTS/BALR/A+LUK Lecture awards
International Respiratory Coalition
The Coalition, led by the European Respiratory Society (ERS), brings together healthcare professionals, patients and industry partners across Europe. The IRC is calling on policymakers in WHO European region countries to create national strategies to transform post-pandemic respiratory care...;
Council
The Society's Council has a significant role. It acts as a sounding board and advisory body in respect of Society policies and provides Trustees with access to general membership opinion. Bi-annual meetings of Council are timed to take place in the mornings before Trustees meet, so that rel...;
BTS/ A+LUK/ BALR Lecture awards
We are delighted to again be partnering with Asthma & Lung UK (A+LUK) and the British Association for Lung Research (BALR) in order to recognise the achievements of established respiratory researchers. These awards will be given at this year’s Winter Meeting where winners will have the...;