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British Guideline on the MAnAGeMent of AsthMA<br />

11 development of the guideline<br />

11.1 introduCtion<br />

106<br />

The guideline has been developed by multidisciplinary groups of practising clinicians using<br />

a standard methodology based on a systematic review of the evidence. Further details about<br />

SIGN and the guideline development methodology are contained in “SIGN 50: A Guideline<br />

Developer’s Handbook”, available at www.sign.ac.uk<br />

Development involved the work of ten different multidisciplinary evidence review groups, a<br />

steering group and an executive group, chaired jointly by Dr Bernard Higgins on behalf of the<br />

BTS and Dr Graham Douglas on behalf of SIGN.<br />

All members of the guideline development group made declarations of interest and further<br />

details of these are available on request from the SIGN Executive. Guideline development and<br />

literature review expertise, support and facilitation were provided by the SIGN Executive.<br />

11.2 exeCutive And steerinG GrouPs<br />

Dr Graham Douglas* Consultant Respiratory Physician,<br />

(Co-chair) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary<br />

Dr Bernard Higgins* Consultant Respiratory Physician,<br />

(Co-chair) Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne<br />

Professor Neil Barnes Consultant Respiratory Physician,<br />

Barts and The London NHS Trust<br />

Dr Anne Boyter Senior Lecturer, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy<br />

and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow<br />

Professor Sherwood Burge Consultant Respiratory Physician,<br />

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital<br />

Ms Elaine Carnegie Asthma Policy, Asthma UK Scotland<br />

Dr Chris Cates* Senior Research Fellow, St George’s, University of London<br />

Dr Gary Connett Consultant Paediatrician, Southampton General Hospital<br />

Dr Jon Couriel* Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine,<br />

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool<br />

Dr Paul Cullinan Consultant Physician/Reader, Imperial College, London<br />

Dr Graham Devereux* Consultant in Thoracic Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary<br />

Ms Monica Fletcher* Chief Executive, Education for Health, Warwick<br />

Professor Chris Griffiths Professor of Primary Care, Institute of Health Science<br />

Education, London<br />

Dr Liam Heaney Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine,<br />

Queen’s University, Belfast<br />

Dr Steve Holmes General Practitioner and Chair, General Practice Airways<br />

Group, Somerset<br />

Dr Roberta James* Acting Programme Director, SIGN Executive<br />

Ms Jan Manson Information Officer, SIGN Executive<br />

Mrs Ruth McArthur Practice Nurse/National Training Co-ordinator,<br />

Education for Health, East Kilbride<br />

Mr Michael McGregor Lay Representative, Edinburgh<br />

Dr Cathy Nelson-Piercy Consultant Obstetric Physician,<br />

St Thomas’ Hospital, London

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