Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients they are seeing with ill health due to the wider determinants of health, such as living in mouldy or damp homes, employment, poor air quality or education, a census has revealed –
Taxonomy: Allergy, Asthma, Behaviour change, COPD, Event information, Greener Healthcare, Health inequalities, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, Videos / Webinars, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Our first webinar in this series was held on Wednesday 31st January 2024. Chaired by Dr Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), the focus was on the topic of Health Inequalities with guest speaker Ren Lawlor.
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
Our first webinar in this series will be held on Wednesday 31st January 2024 at 19:30 for 30 minutes. Chaired by Dr Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), we will focus on the topic of Health Inequalities with guest speaker Ren Lawlor.
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, Videos / Webinars, 30 minutes
As part of our ongoing work around health inequalities, we have produced a short video resource on poverty and poor housing, and its impact on respiratory health.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Health inequalities, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Health inequalities, Health policy information
The report explored the link between inequality and lung disease and the primary conclusions were:
Taxonomy: Clinical resource or information, Current, Health inequalities, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Standard, 30 minutes
This may include an understanding of the benefits of having a FeNO test, including:
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Service development and improvement, Advanced, 1 hour
Language can play a big barrier in healthcare delivery – for example, by preventing people accessing healthcare in an effectively and timely way, preventing people understand what they need to do to support their own self-management, or by preventing people from understanding their treatment and
Taxonomy: Asthma, COPD, Current, Health inequalities, News, Other organisation/charity produced
People in places such as Blackpool, Liverpool and Inverclyde are amongst the most likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency and die from their lung condition in the UK, according to
Taxonomy: Behaviour change, Current, Health inequalities, Other, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, 1 hour
Taxonomy: Asthma, Behaviour change, COPD, Current, Health inequalities, Infection, PCRU, 1 hour
This issue of PCRU introduces our latest pragmatic guide on severe asthma which guides you through this process ensuring the right patients end up in the right place with the right care.
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, News, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
PCRS welcome the verdict of the inquest into the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale in 2020.
Virtual consultations, virtual wards and virtual pulmonary rehab have enabled continued safe patient – practitioner interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic and looks set to remain in place due to clear benefits in terms of protecting vulnerable patients from unnecessary infection or travel, keep