New treatment for severe asthma cases gets go-ahead for use in NHS

Nice approves use of bronchial thermoplasty, which will help asthmatics who do not respond to drugs

Tens of thousands of sufferers from the most serious form of asthma will be able to have a new treatment that experts believe reduces the risk of them ending up in hospital or dying.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has approved the procedure, which is called bronchial thermoplasty.

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