Ainsworth, Ben http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5098-1092
Patel, Aarti
Eyles, Caroline
Davies, Gail Elaine
Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh
Thomas, Mike
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR School for Primary Care Research (273, Fellowship)
Article History
First Online: 15 May 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Neither Mike Thomas nor any member of his close family has any shares in pharmaceutical companies. In the last 3 years he has received speaker’s honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings or satellite symposia at conferences from the following companies marketing respiratory and allergy products: GSK, Novartis. He has received honoraria for attending advisory panels with; Boehringer Inglehiem, GSK, Novartis. He is a recent member of the BTS SIGN Asthma guideline steering group and the NICE Asthma Diagnosis and Monitoring guideline development group. Ben Ainsworth has received fees for an educational lecture for Astra Zeneca UK and an advisory panel for Roche Ltd. AP, CE, GD and RK have no potential competing interests to declare.
: Ethical approval was given by the South Central Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee, reference 15/SC/0522. All participants consented to participate in the study. All participants completed consent forms assenting to anonymised quotes being used in this manuscript.