[Editorial] A new year brings new opportunities

Data from Asthma+Lung UK reported in Feb, 2025, indicated that spirometry services in 2024 had insufficient testing capacity in 16 of 27 integrated care systems (ICSs) surveyed; they called for a £40 million investment to address the issue. These findings were discussed by Dr Helen Ashdown, a general practitioner at the University of Oxford, at the recent BTS meeting as part of a session entitled “Transforming the COPD landscape: from diagnosis to digital innovation” where she also called for better training in spirometry use in general practice in the UK to reduce the inconsistent quality.