Table 4 Core criteria for interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings

1. An adequate case-load to enable a frequency of meetings commensurate with the development and maintenance of expertise in ILD diagnosis;

2. Attendance by at least one respiratory physician, radiologist and histopathologist;

3. Data presentation by the clinician directly responsible for the patient’s care;

4. Presentation of a set of routine investigations that include high quality HRCT images, PFT, rheumatological serology and, if available, histology;

6. A consensus approach to diagnosis formulation;

7. The provision of a diagnosis, degree of diagnostic confidence, and differential diagnoses.