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A 7-year-old boy is ready to leave a Perth emergency department six hours after a moderate asthma flare-up. He has had salbutamol by spacer and a first dose of prednisolone, and is now free of wheeze with an oxygen saturation of 98% in room air. Before discharge his spacer technique has been checked, a written asthma action plan has been given, and an inhaled corticosteroid has been started, as this is his third flare-up this year on salbutamol alone. You are completing the summary that will go to his general practice tonight. Which one of the following follow-up arrangements should it specify?
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