
Inspiring best practice in respiratory care
The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) advocates for the improvement of care and outcomes for people with respiratory diseases, bringing together all healthcare professionals, offering them a welcoming, supportive, inclusive, non-hierarchical community where everybody has a voice.

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COPD
A consensus-based article that sets out a simple treatment pathway based on the predominant characteristics
Asthma
Step by step guides, podcasts and webinars cover prevention, diagnosis, testing and management. They will help you to support your patients and improve their outcomes.
COVID-19
The latest PCRS COVID-19 guidance for healthcare professionals working in primary care.
MRC Dyspnoea Scale
The mMRC (Modified Medical Research Council) Dyspnoea Scale is used to assess the degree of baseline functional disability due to dyspnoea.
Inhaler devices
Inhaler devices may seem simple to use but they are often used incorrectly by patients and healthcare professionals alike.
Primary Care Respiratory Update (PCRU)
Our members' magazine packed with useful features, clinical updates, educational updates, respiratory news and opinion.
The Respiratory Service Framework
The RSF helps those looking to design a patient focussed respiratory service working across all sectors of out of hospital care
Online Asthma Slide Rule
The asthma slide rule helps to start a conversation with your patients and/or colleagues around how much salbutamol is acceptable before a review is necessary
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16th March 2023
15th March 2023
The PCRS Patient Reference Group is an advisory group responsible for providing independent advice and feedback to the executive committee and trustees on how well the Society is performing in relation to the following objectives:
13th March 2023
On 9 March 2023, the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) launched its 2018/20 clinical outcomes summary report.
Practice NursePCRS is an ideal forum for busy doctors and nurses in primary care with newsletters, treatment summaries and great training videos for the whole team.
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