In November 2024 NICE, in collaboration the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), released guidance NG245.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Clinical resource or information, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
This year’s conference was a resounding success, cementing its place as a highlight in the PCRS calendar.
The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) advocates that:
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, Other, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
A study published in The Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are living with obesity. The relationship between obesity and respiratory health is complex, involving mechanical, inflammatory, and metabolic factors.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, COPD, Current, Other, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Breathlessness is a common presenting symptom in primary care, and there are many causes.Early and accurate diagnosis is critical to ensuring patients receive the right treatment at the earliest opportunity.
Taxonomy: Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRU, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) came out a decade ago, yet as a nation, we still have the highest asthma death rate in Europe - four times that of Italy or the Netherlands. This is unsurprising, considering many patients still rely on their blue inhalers alone.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
On the 28th November the joint National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) will publish their long-awaited single guideline on asthma diagnosis, monitoring and management.
Taxonomy: Allergy, COPD, Current, Health inequalities, Inhaler devices, PCRU, 1 hour
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Clinical resource or information, Current, Greener Healthcare, PCRU
Aimed at primary care respiratory leaders, this blueprint document provides 10 tips for contacting your local MP about environmental issues.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Behaviour change, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this article, Katherine discusses how small changes can have big impacts on creating new habits and supporting health.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Health inequalities, PCRU, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In February 2020, the Institute of Health Equity published its landmark report, Marmot Review 10 Years On. It highlighted that for the first time in 100 years, life expectancy has failed to increase across the country, and for the poorest 10% of women it has actually declined.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, COPD, Current, Greener Healthcare, Health inequalities, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
This article explores the impact of the environment on the health of people with asthma and COPD and focuses on two key areas, indoor (home) and outdoor pollutants and severe weather extremes such as heat waves or very cold weather
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Other, PCRU
Primary care should seek to identify and provide proactive support to older people living with frailty.
Taxonomy: Allergy, Asthma, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this article Lisa Cummings, Queens Nurse, CYP Specialist Asthma Practitioner and PCRS Education Committee member, discusses the management of asthma and atopy in children and young people focusing on perennial and allergic rhinitis, it’s impact on asthma and top tips for reducing symptoms and
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this article, the authors provide a pragmatic consensus approach to calculating and interpreting peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) variability and reversibility f