Table 1 Program objectives and key messages

Program objectives

Increase GP knowledge about difficult-to-treat asthma and its subtypes

Increase the proportion of GPs who can identify patients with poorly controlled asthma

Increase the proportion of GPs who can identify severe asthma cases within the broader difficult-to-treat asthma group

Increase awareness of benefits of referral to respiratory specialists for patients with severe, high risk or difficult-to-treat asthma

Key messages

Identify patients with uncontrolled or difficult-to-treat asthma

Assess and manage factors contributing to poor asthma control (to differentiate between difficult-to-treat and severe asthma)

Consider referral to a specialist respiratory physician for people with severe, high-risk or difficult-to-treat asthma.