RCPCH Grand Round: Asthma diagnosis, monitoring and treatment in children: an update | with Professor Steve Turner

RCPCH President Professor Steve Turner presents the very first episode of the new RCPCH Grand Round webinar series, providing an update on the challenges of treating asthma in children and young people.

Speakers

  • Professor Steve Turner

Date of Recording

September 12, 2025

Available Until

September 11, 2026

Useful links and resources

Algorithm B: Objective tests for diagnosing asthma in children aged 5 to 16 with a history suggesting asthma: NG245 Asthma: Algorithm B 27/11/2024

Algorithm C: Pharmacological management of asthma in people aged 12 years and over: NG245 Asthma: Algorithm C 27/11/2024

Algorithm D: Pharmacological management of asthma in children aged 5 to 11 years: NG245 Asthma: Algorithm D 27/11/2024

Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN): Overview | Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN) | Guidance | NICE

Challenges in diagnosing asthma in children (BMA): Challenges in diagnosing asthma in children

Consensus recommendations for the practical application of the NICE/BTS/SIGN 2024 asthma guidance on MART therapy in children and young people: beatasthma.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MART-Consensus-statement-FINAL.pdf

European Respiratory Society clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5–16 years: European Respiratory Society clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5–16 years | European Respiratory Society

Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART): Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) | Asthma + Lung UK

National bundle of care for children and young people with asthma: NHS England » National bundle of care for children and young people with asthma

Routine FEV1 measurement is essential in diagnosis and monitoring of childhood asthma: myth or maxim?: Routine FEV1 measurement is essential in diagnosis and monitoring of childhood asthma: myth or maxim? | European Respiratory Society

Use of exhaled nitric oxide in the diagnosis and monitoring of childhood asthma: myth or maxim?: Use of exhaled nitric oxide in the diagnosis and monitoring of childhood asthma: myth or maxim? | European Respiratory Society

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Speakers

  • Professor Steve Turner

    RCPCH President, Consultant paediatrician in general and respiratory paediatrics

    Professor Steve Turner is a consultant paediatrician in general and respiratory paediatrics at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. As of 26 March 2024 he is RCPCH President. Steve is a Lancastrian by birth, born in Blackburn in 1969. He graduated from medical school in Newcastle in 1992. As a trainee he worked in centres across North East England, New Zealand and Australia. Since 2003 his consultant appointment in Aberdeen has balanced life as a general paediatrician, a respiratory paediatrician and clinical academic. Steve is active in developing integrated models of scheduled and unscheduled care for children and young people. His research interests are early origins of disease, monitoring asthma and analysing routinely acquired health care data. In 2017 Steve was given the title professor in recognition of his research activities, focussed on asthma, and given a personal chair by the University of Aberdeen. Since 2018 he has led on a primary care paediatrics project. He chairs the NHS Grampian consultant sub-committee and is regional clinical lead for child health. He is currently on the RCPCH nominations committee and has had lead roles in RCPCH Paediatrics 2040 and Winter Planning initiatives. Steve was RCPCH Scottish Officer from 2016-2021 and RCPCH Registrar from spring 2021 to spring 2024.

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