Antibiotics are crucial for managing infectious diseases and preventing complications like pneumonia or sepsis. However, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing global health threat, contributing to over 3 million deaths annually.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
2024 marked a pivotal change in the management of asthma in the UK with the publication of a joint British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, PCRS Position Statement, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The UK has the largest market for vapes in Western Europe.
PCRS welcomes the opportunity that digital respiratory healthcare and the collection and analysis of respiratory data could bring.
There is a strong commitment from the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) to identify opportunities to support those delivering integrated respiratory care and showcase that planned, properly funded, and evaluated integrated solutions can be used to drive im
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Health inequalities, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Tackling smoking, reducing air pollution, improving access to healthcare for those experiencing health inequality and an improved focus on research and development to fit the needs of people experiencing health inequality should be the priorities for systems wanting to make respiratory health out
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, COPD, Current, PCRS Position Statement, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Spirometry is a component of the diagnosis and management of respiratory conditions in primary care and should ideally be performed via referral to a primary care network respiratory diagnostic service or community diagnostics centre (CDC) with expertise in the diagnosis of the most common respir
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, COPD, Current, Infection, Other, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Primary care should seek to identify and provide proactive support to older people living with frailty.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, PCRS Position Statement, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
PCRS believe that it is the responsibility of every healthcare professional to treat tobacco dependency systematically and effectively. PCRS advocate that people wishing to quit using tobacco should be offered the most effective but also the least harmful methods first to support a quit attempt.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, COPD, Current, PCRS Position Statement, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
PCRS recognises a need for improvement in the timely diagnosis of people living with chronic breathlessness and generally welcomes the NHS England diagnostic pathway support tool. PCRS has some concerns that a diagnostic algorithm can communicate an oversimplification of diagnosis.
Taxonomy: Current, Greener Healthcare, Inhaler devices, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Concerns about the environmental impact of the propellant gases used in pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) and the plastics used in all single-use inhaler devices have made them an important focus for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the NHS.
PCRS advocate a pragmatic approach to the pharmacological management of patients with COPD guided by the predominance of breathlessness and/or exacerbations and the presence or absence of comorbid asthma.
Taxonomy: Current, News, Other, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
PCRS have today issued a position statement on strategies to care for patients with respiratory disease and frailty in the community setting.
Taxonomy: COPD, Current, Health policy information, Infection, PCRS Position Statement, Respiratory tests and investigations, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein (CRP) for the acute assessment of worsening symptoms in people known to have COPD can safely reduce the use of antibiotics and could help improve the diagnostic approach towards someone presenting in such a crisis.
Taxonomy: Archive, Clinical resource or information, COVID-19, PCRS Position Statement, Respiratory tests and investigations, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Spirometry, a test used to measure and monitor lung function, is an important component of the diagnosis, management and monitoring of respiratory conditions in primary care.