The PCRS Podcast
Listen to the advice of our clinical experts in our exclusive series of podcasts on topics such as diagnosis of asthma, tackling SABA over-reliance and the use of rescue packs.
Podcasts on asthma
Listen to the advice of our clinical experts in our exclusive series of podcasts on Asthma care.
Podcasts on COPD
Listen to the advice of our clinical experts in our exclusive series of podcasts on supporting patients with COPD.
Podcasts on tobacco dependency
Listen to the advice of our clinical experts in our exclusive series of podcasts on supporting patients with tobacco dependency.
Time to review: 15 minutes
This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers suicide and suicide prevention in long-term respiratory conditions.
Time to review: 15 minutes
This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers the impact of respiratory disease on mental health.
Time to review: 15 minutes
This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers the impact of mental health and respiratory disease in current and ex-prisoners..
Time to review: 30 minutes
In this podcast Fiona Mosgrove (PCRS Education lead) and Tom Fardon (Consultant Physician) discuss asthma biologics and how they can support effective severe asthma care. It compliments and covers PCRS's asthma desktop helper which aims to support primary healthcare professionals with their knowledge of biologics and how to identify patients who would benefit from them. During this recording Fiona and Tom explore:
Time to review: 30 minutes
In this podcast Executive Chair, Dr Katherine Hickman and Beverley Bostock (Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Executive Committee Member) explore accountability and responsibility.During this recording Katherine and Bev will explore where the responsibility lies for maintaining optimal health, what environment has to do with resilience, and how to draw a line between what you do as a clinician and what people living with respiratory conditions need to take responsibility for.
Time to review: 30 minutes
In this episode of the PCRS Podcast our Executive Chair, Dr Katherine Hickman, is joined by Dr Llinos Jones, Consultant Respiratory Physician with a specialist interest in asthma.Llinos is passionate about tackling health Inequalities and has created a number of fantastic multilingual resources in order to support asthma patients. During this conversation Llinos and Katherine discuss how we can improve our patients' care and understanding by overcoming cultural and language barriers.
Time to review: 15 minutes
Join Frances Barrett (Respiratory Nurse Specialist and PCRS Service Development Committee Member) and Darush Attar-Zadeh (Clinical Fellow Pharmacist and PCRS Executive Committee Member) as they dive into the incredibly important topic of Tobacco Dependency.During their conversation Darush shares fascinating insights into the current data and progress that the UK has made with regards to smoking, but equally the exceptional challenges we face in helping people overcome their dependency.