Reflective practice is an important component of continuing professional development and the governing bodies of most professional groups require their members to submit detailed records as part of the revalidation/accreditation process.

The UK’s respiratory health sector is increasingly diverse and, whilst many HCPs still work in traditional settings, others are involved in project-based matrix teams.

FOCUS ON INTEGRATED RESPIRATORY EDUCATION Respiratory Education Training Day Wednesday 17 May 2017 13.00 - 17.00 hrs (Lunch included) Trinity Park Conference & Event Centre, Ipswich IP3 8UH

The 24th March is World TB Day which commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

Practical input is needed from primary care to ensure that the new data standards will work in practice so please take some time to fill in the survey New national data standards on tobacco use would:-

Nearly one in five children in the UK is living in poverty and this deprivation increases the number of hospital admissions for asthma which have continued to rise over the last decade.

It recommends that primary care must work in a much more integrated way with secondary care in order to more effectively manage the needs of this vulnerable group of patients. Audit data collated during 2014 shows that:

Based on the press release issued by NICE, it appears that much of the content of the draft guideline reinforces and is consistent with the BTS/SIGN guideline on asthma management which was  updated in September 2016 (see

The report says first line rescue care and treatment for children suffering from acute wheezing and asthma is generally working extremely well in hospitals.  Overall, children are receiving the right treatments, and admission to paediatric intensive care is only needed in a very small propor

The report, which follows publication of a Welsh primary care audit report last month, combines publically available data from 2014-15 for England w

The UK Inhaler Group (UKIG), of which PCRS-UK is a member, is calling for an official ‘blue’ colour code convention to be introduced for inhaled reliever medications.

While the National COPD audit has been running for several years, this is the first report based on primary care data to be published.

The number of smokers in England has fallen to its lowest level, with just one in six adults (17%) now lighting up, according to the latest DATA from Public Health England.

The updated British Asthma Guideline has been published today on British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) websites. This update has focused on the chapters on diagnosis and pharmacological therapy.

‘Diagnosing respiratory disease accurately can be a real challenge, and there is much debate about whether there is underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of respiratory conditions.