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The new Federal Government General Practice initiative for asthma is now available to help GPs better manage the clinical care of their patients with moderate to severe asthma.

The new initiative, the Asthma 3+ Visit Plan, was designed by GPs for GPs through the National Asthma Council, which developed and evaluated the original 3+ Visit Plan model.

This program outlines the requirements of the Asthma 3+ Visit Plan, which includes a series of at least three asthma-specific GP consultations incorporating diagnosis and assessment of severity, the development of a written Asthma Action Plan, medication review and patient education.

The program also provides information about lung function testing, how the initiative can be implemented into a practice, how other health professionals can be involved, and what other support and resources are available.

— Chair: Dr Norman Swan, Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National.
— Dr John Fardy, General Practitioner, Shellharbour NSW.
— Dr Kerry Hancock, General Practitioner, Happy Valley SA.
— Associate Professor John Wilson, Adult Respiratory Physician, Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, VIC.
— Stephen Hughes, Pharmacist, Rouse Hill NSW.

95 minutes.

Originally broadcast on Tuesday 23 April 2002.