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Children in the practices were stratified by age and then randomised into intervention and control groups within each practice. Children chosen were those with histories suggestive of asthma - about 1,500 each in the intervention and control groups. The intervention comprised provision of information and equipment required for each practice to offer all the children in the intervention group a systematic or opportunistic review, follow up, assessment, educational material and emergency treatment. Those in the intervention group had a project sticker on the front of their case records. Attached to the records were a chart for asthma diagnosis, a protocol for managing asthma attacks, a letter suggesting that the GP review the patient and guidelines on treatment.