Table 2

Topics and discussion points raised during exploratory meetings with clinical staff and asthma patients

Topic from project proposal discussed during meeting	Discussion points on this topic for meetings with clinical staff	Discussion points on this topic for meetings with asthma patients
Healthcare Professional Education	Key topics that need to be addressed through education Preferences for how HCP education is delivered	n/a
Implementation of ‘gold standard’ prescribing practice	Current prescribing practices at the participants’ GP practice/PCN Ease/difficulty of changing prescribing practices Potential barriers to taking SABA inhalers off repeat prescription Key prescribing practices that should be encouraged in respect to asthma	Participants’ experiences of having asthma medication on repeat prescription
Targeted asthma reviews	Preferences for how asthma reviews are conducted Potential barriers to implementing a focused period of asthma reviews	Preferences for how asthma reviews are conducted Encouraging non-attenders to attend asthma reviews
Patient support and education	Importance of patient support for guideline implementation Patient support for changing asthma medications	Participants’ use and understanding of asthma medications Perception of SABA inhalers Patient support for changing asthma medications
Real-time data monitoring and reporting of asthma care metrics	Preferences for how asthma data is presented and which metrics should be available Preferences for how data is shared between practices and PCNs	n/a

HCP, Healthcare Professional; PCN, primary care network; SABA, short-acting beta agonist.