The number of adult smokers in England has dropped by around 1.6m, the latest Government figures show.

New guidance on the safe use of rechargeable e-cigarettes has been published by the National Fire Chiefs Council.

Getting a project underway and making it happen was the focus of the June meeting of the Respiratory Clinical Leadership workshop.

A major new report from the Royal College of Physicians calls for everyone working in the health service to identify smokers and help them to quit, a policy supported by PCRS.

Every patient treated with a pressured metered dose inhaler (pMDI) should own and regularly use a spacer/valved holding chamber (VHC) concludes a new review.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week, a national campaign which raises awareness of the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic lung illness?

The global primary care network is “engaged, friendly, thoughtful and patient-centred” tweeted the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) following a successful 9th IPCRG World Conference, in Porto, Portugal, 31st May - 2nd June.

Hospital admissions were reduced by 16% after practices in Harrow took on board the lessons learned from an audit of 291 children and young people who had had asthma attacks.

A review of 68 worldwide studies has identified the factors which put children at risk of a severe asthma attack. Clinicians will be able to use this information to focus risk reduction management strategies on the high risk child. 

Are you interested in sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders? Would you like the experience of contributing to the development of a NICE guideline?

Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day and PCRS-UK has a new resource you can use to help your patients to quit. 

Recent weather conditions mean that this year is set to be especially difficult for people with allergic rhinitis. 

PCRS-UK has published a new tobacco dependency resource which supports the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to help people quit tobacco smoking.

Would you like the experience of contributing to the development of a NICE guideline?

The Spring issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update focuses on the appropriate use of antibiotics whether for respiratory infections or as part of a rescue pack.