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.

The British Lung Foundation (BLF) and Asthma UK have published two new resources that healthcare professionals can use to encourage patients with COPD and asthma to self-manage their condition. Self-management pack

TB remains one of the world’s leading causes of death. In fact, it killed more people than any other infectious disease last year. Whilst rates are improving, the UK still has an unacceptable burden of TB disease. 

New call for evidence: Deadline 18 May 2018

Today is World Asthma Day, an event held each May by the Global Initiative for Asthma, (GINA) to raise awareness of asthma worldwide.

The latest report from the National COPD Audit says primary care must improve referral rates for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) because it is such an effective and high value therapy for people with COPD.

Chronic lung disease is a common and growing problem in Africa affecting around 1 in 8 adults. The main forms are COPD, asthma and post TB lung disease.

PCRS-UK are in the process of developing a pragmatic guide for clinicians focusing on the diagnosis and management of tobacco dependency.