BSACI held a webinar on Monday 15th April 2024, from 5 – 6pm, regarding our recently published ‘Adrenaline auto-injector prescription for patients at risk of anaphylaxis: BSACI guidance for primary care’. Dr Liz Angier and Dr Deepa Choudhury discussed the approach taken to the adrenaline prescribing guidance in primary care.
Agenda:
– The need for guidance
– Guidance contents and opportunities for implementation
– GP / Health care professional Consultation based Practical points
-Current developments in service delivery of primary care including workforce changes
– System working and quality care supporting people with allergy and their families
– Q and A
Following the recent publication of our Penicillin allergy de-labelling services guideline, BSACI held a webinar on this topic with Q&A opportunities, open to both BSACI members and non-members, on Monday 30th January 2023. The recording is available to view below.
Agenda
– Harm associated with the label (Dr Nikhil Premchand)
– Current pathway for patients with a penA label, and the limitations of this pathway (Dr Shuaib Nasser)
– Outline of the key points of the guideline (Dr Sophie Farooque)
– Potential difficulty in implementing these guidelines and ongoing research to address these issues (Dr Louise Savic)
In August 2022, BSACI announced the publication of the ‘Guideline for the the diagnosis and management of Pollen Food/Oral Allergy Syndrome’. In October 2022, we held a webinar on this topic with Q&A opportunities, open to both BSACI members and non-members – the recording is available to view below.
Agenda
Epidemiology – Prof George Du Toit
Diagnosis – clinical history, standard allergy tests, CRD, oral food challenge – Dr Kostadin Stoenchev
Management – medication, dietary management, immunotherapy – Dr Isabel Skypala
Patient perspective- anxiety around which foods will trigger symptoms, quality of life, need for individualized advice – Sarah Baker