EFA was invited to a Policy roundtable discussion on 24 January in the European Parliament. The roundtable was organised in conjunction with IPCRG. EFA is an associate member of the IPCRG which is an international network of primary care physicians. Although the content of the discussions were confidential, we can tell you that agenda items included: Asthma and the Paediatric Population; Patient Safety and Patient Information; European Initiatives to Improve Asthma Control and Treatment. EFA believes that open and informal discussion of this kind between policy makers and non-profit health and environmental advocates such as EFA is vital for future policy making and enlightens us as to what kind of information we need to be sharing with policy makers, between different policies and where to focus our attentions. We look forward to more discussions of this kind in future.