The National Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy Nurses Group (NPRANG) was formed 27 years ago as an asthma group for nurse specialists, with the first meeting taking place at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool. The group met annually before becoming part of the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) Respiratory Group when they had independent learning groups. However, when the learning groups within the RCN merged, NPRANG became an independent group with members from all fields of respiratory and allergy medicine.