Christine Jenkins

And also on script, you can get

12 puffers on a single script and you can get another script in six months.

We say now that three puffers a year is too much.

So going back to your question, how can we shift people from getting the blue puffer and the reliever only approach out of the way and starting on an anti-inflammatory reliever?

Well, first of all, our guidelines now say that is the way to go.

I did start to say, what is an anti-inflammatory reliever?

It's something that relieves you just like the blue puffer does, just like salbutamol does.

It does it quickly and it does it effectively, but it also has an anti-inflammatory medication in it.

So it's treating the root cause as well as the symptoms.

Exactly.

And that long-acting Ventolin-like medication, Formotarol, also has a fast onset.

So it's a reliever as well as a long-acting effect.

Priya, I do understand your apprehensions in this regard.

And of course, there is... You don't have to be kind to Priya, Christine, really.

She wants to be.

I do want to be because we do regard GPs as the key people who look after people with asthma at the front line all the time.

But we are advocating for team-based care.

We are actually advocating in the blueprint for shared care with other health professionals, particularly, for instance, with asthma educators, with practice nurses, with pharmacists who are well-trained and knowledgeable about asthma.

And in that context, Norman, to go to your question about am I blaming the patient or are we blaming the patient?

Absolutely not.