Bev Bostock is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Gloucestershire, specialising in respiratory care. She is also Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal and is a trained Expert Witness, working on medico-legal cases. She has an MSc in Respiratory Care and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law. Bev was a member of the Topic Expert Group which developed the Asthma Quality Standards for NICE and she also sat on the committee for the National Review of Asthma Deaths. She is currently the asthma lead for the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists and is a Policy Forum member for the Primary Care Respiratory Society.