Anne Rodman is an advanced nurse practitioner now working as a freelance respiratory nurse specialist. She has a postgraduate diploma in Respiratory Care from Education for Health, and now mainly works as a national trainer for them, training and marking in asthma, COPD and spirometry, as well as running workshops. Until two years ago, she worked for 10 years in a general practice that gained the PCRS Quality Award. She currently works clinically 5–6 days per month, running a respiratory clinic in a general practice in the Midlands, delivering interventions for COPD patients as a facilitator for the TANDEM COPD research study. She is the Co-Chair of PCRS Organising Committee, is on the editorial board of the Primary Care Respiratory Update publication and also writes for various nursing journals.

Anne Rodman is an advanced nurse practitioner now working as a freelance respiratory nurse specialist. She has a postgraduate diploma in Respiratory Care from Education for Health, and now mainly works as a national trainer for them, training and marking in asthma, COPD and spirometry, as well as running workshops. Until two years ago, she worked for 10 years in a general practice that gained the PCRS Quality Award. She currently works clinically 5–6 days per month, running a respiratory clinic in a general practice in the Midlands, delivering interventions for COPD patients as a facilitator for the TANDEM COPD research study. She is the Co-Chair of PCRS Organising Committee, is on the editorial board of the Primary Care Respiratory Update publication and also writes for various nursing journals.