Have they given you an explanation as to why they won't? NICE guidelines are pretty clear that asthma patients should have a self-management plan so unless there's a clinical reason for refusing (which they should explain to you), it might be worth thinking what's the best way to communicate this to your GP.

Print on off of the auk site yourself. Then take it with you to see the asthma nurse at your practice. Alternative you can in essence write it out yourself and get the gp to double check it.

Despite guidelines I have also found getting asthma plans is like blood out of a stone! I always thought they found me too weird/complex for one but perhaps it's a more widespread thing.

I agree with Emma's suggestion to try filling in your own and getting them to look. btw don't let anyone tell you it absolutely has to be entirely peak flow based, if you feel your peak flow isn't reliable. Either peak flow or symptom based or a combination have been shown to work, and it above all needs to be something that works for you. Even someone with a reasonably helpful peak flow should not ignore symptoms even if their peak flow is still ok - it might be going to catch up later.

I am getting my self checked as I am taking 6 lots of fostair morning and night. 3 morning and 3 evening. I have tried to write one use the asthma website one they just got ripped up

Hi, if you have complained to the GP and got nowhere, I would try to contact your NHS trust which you’d GP will be part of, and try a different approach. Rather than diving in with a big rant, ask what their policy is regarding asthmatics and asthma plans, then when you get an answer you can question the treatment you are receiving. Hope that helps, good luck.

I think. my fostair 100 /6 inhaler is not strong enough. I have been unfortunate with my asthma this week. When I complained about the asthma plan I polity requested to see anything that might have regarding asthma plan and asthmatics and they just ignored it

This is an incredibly strange scenario - just to be clear, more than one GP surgery have refused (even though you've asked) to support you to have a management plan, & formal complaints have got you nowhere?

I think either you've been spectacularly unlucky to land with two inept GP surgeries, or something weird is going on in the local NHS Trust. I'd suggest at this point that you probably need more support to work out what is going on; perhaps ask Asthma UK to investigate or write to the local Chief Executive?

Are you in touch with other asthmatics locally? Are they having the same problem?

My old GPS assisted me since moving gp's I found out my old GPS wasn't sure what type of asthma I had to do an asthma plan correctly to me. They believed that I had adult on set asthma and non allergic asthma. I was never tested for it I was going to when I moved. Because I wanted to know what type of asthma I have. I But I moved away from my old GPS so I could no longer get their help.

I have similar issue but a reason for it. My asthma nurse provided one as the registrar at the hospital requested it. I then seen my consultant who was glad the registrars were listening to him but said to get rid of it. The reason for this is i have complex asthma and an action plan doesnt work, this can be because my numbers dont reflect my symptoms and that i should be assessed each time individually because of a wide variability in symptoms, sometimes with a high peak flow for me but actually quite unwell. Hope this helps

You might get one from the consultant tailored to you as I have heard of that happening. I don't know anything about my asthma expect that I have it and that is all

Hi Camilla, I have downloaded my asthma plan print it and gave it to my GP to fill in. Had no problems at all to get this done.

I find this very unfriendly that your GP don't tell you where and how to get it....

I also would complain about this behaviour or change GP.

You can go on asthma.org.uk there you can print the asthma plan. Hope it will help. 🍀🌹🍀🌹

I have changed the doctors due to moving. They just don't ripped it up and any complaint I have put in goes no where.

Hi Camilla 22

I got given mine from the Asthma Nurse on first visit, and you can download them too from the Asthma UK site. Hope you get sorted soon.

I have tried my own and the other one's you can download they just get ripped up as they don't want to know.