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An inspirational programme designed by multi-disciplinary respiratory primary care experts

Building on the success of previous conferences, the 2018 programme will help you to understand the changes and challenges we are all currently grappling with in the healthcare environment and will highlight the opportunities available to improve respiratory care. Recognising the shared responsibilities across the whole system between clinicians, patients and managers, the different sessions will offer practical actions and simple steps that will empower you to make a difference to your patients.

The programme is designed for all professionals working with respiratory patients including GP practice teams, respiratory community teams, integrated care clinicians, clinical commissioners and academic researchers from across the UK

In addition to entertaining keynote plenaries, including the ever-popular case-based Grand Round session and a new Room 101 Respiratory Special, inspired by the popular TV programme, there are four streams of sessions allowing delegates to tailor their conference experience to their own needs. There is also a series of high quality sponsored symposia developed in conjunction with our pharmaceutical company sponsors.

Sessions include:

Clinical symposia - focused on getting the fundamentals of care right and looking at tackling some of the most common pitfalls encountered
Service development sessions - featuring innovative case studies and focusing on inspiring sustainable change – plus a best practice poster display
Cutting edge, academic research presentations, run in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Thought-provoking, entertaining keynote plenaries - including the ever-popular case-based Grand Round session and a new Room 101 Respiratory Special designed to banish some of the audience’s ‘pet hates’ and the least valuable activities in respiratory
Interactive, practical workshops run in conjunction with Education for Health, offering an opportunity to enhance key consultation and clinical respiratory skills

The programme and speakers are subject to modification and can change without notice.

*repeated workshops

Date and time	Session title	Speaker / Chair
Thursday 27th 1830-2000	What’s wrong with Asthma? (AstraZeneca satellite symposium) Sponsored plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1) The fundamental problem is SABA overuse and overprescribing? Steve Holmes The fundamental problem is ICS underuse and failure to persuade people to use them? John Haughney Asthma management ‘What is happening in the real world?’ Vince Mak	John Haughney (Speaker) Dr Steve Holmes (Speaker) Dr Vincent Mak (Speaker) John Haughney (Chair)
Friday 28th 0900-1000	Confidence to treat the patient in front of you Plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Katherine Hickman (Co-chair) Mrs Anne Rodman (Co-chair) Noel Baxter (Speaker) Deborah Waddell (Panellist) Toby Capstick (Panellist) Mike McKevitt (Panellist)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Challenging the diagnosis: could it be lung cancer yet? Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Steve Holmes (Co-chair) Dr Stuart Berry (Co-chair) Michael Peake (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Research presentations: Self-management Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Mrs Emma Ray (Co-chair) Dr Luke Daines (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Scientific Research Abstract Poster Presentations Abstract poster presentation (Gallery) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Jane Watson (Co-chair) Dr Patrick White (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Strategies to stratify your COPD population to drive value Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. Optimizing Healthcare Resources through Risk Stratification of COPD patients using GOLD in West Essex, Sanjeev Rana 2. Using virtual clinics to optimise prescribing in COPD, Jorgen Vestbo	Mr Alex Woodward (Co-chair) Mike Roberts (Co-chair) Dr Sanjeev Rana (Speaker) Jørgen Vestbo (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Inhaler technique: The ever changing choice* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Grainne d'Ancona (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1005-1050	Spirometry interpretation* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Mrs Anne Rodman (Facilitator) Mrs Laura Rush (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1050-1120	Refreshments and exhibition Refreshments PCRS 5 (Ironbridge 2 and 3)
Friday 28th 1120-1205	Asthma Speed Bumps, what’s getting in the way and slowing our progress? Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Duncan Keeley (Co-chair) Samantha Walker (Co-chair) Ian Sinha (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1120-1205	Research presentations: Personalised management in COPD: inhaled steroid prescribing and pulmonary rehabilitation Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Rachael Evans (Co-chair) Dr Rachel Jordan (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1120-1205	Quality assured diagnostic spirometry service provision Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. Delivering a quality assured spirometry service: a commissioner’s perspective, Lisa Chandler 2. A trainer's perspective: what I think works, Katharine Plumbe	Fin McCaul (Co-chair) Dr Daryl Freeman (Co-chair) Katharine Plumbe (Speaker) Lisa Chandler (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1120-1205	Tackling tobacco dependency during a consultation Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Dominika Froehlich-Jeziorek (Facilitator) Mrs Oonagh Potts (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1120-1205	CBT in a 10 minute consultation Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Karen Corder (Facilitator) Karen Heslop-Marshall (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1210-1255	A bit of inspiration 'improving asthma management' (Napp sponsored symposium) Sponsored plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	James Chalmers (Speaker) Jane Scullion (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1255-1355	Lunch Refreshments PCRS 5 (Ironbridge 2 and 3)
Friday 28th 1355-1440	Managing difficult/severe asthma in children and young adults (Novartis sponsored symposium) Sponsored plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1) This symposium has been developed in conjunction with PCRS to ensure it complements the main programme	Will Carroll (Speaker) Dr Steve Holmes (Chair)
Friday 28th 1445-1530	Is it time to stop prescribing rescue packs in COPD? Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Mr Sanjay Tanna (Co-chair) Mrs Debbie Roots (Co-chair) John Hurst (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1445-1530	Research presentations: Multi-morbidity in respiratory care Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Professor Martyn Partridge (Co-chair) Dr Ann Hutchinson (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1445-1530	Driving change through quality improvement (QI) to improve respiratory outcomes Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. The Art of Innovation: Using Quality Improvement to add value and reduce cost - a tale from the Sottish Highlands, Kay Cordiner 2. Quality improvement can be everyone’s business, Susan Fairlie	Viktoria McMillan (Co-chair) Dr Binita Kane (Co-chair) Kay Cordiner (Speaker) Susan Fairlie (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1445-1530	Home oxygen therapy: your role Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Anna McCall (Facilitator) Wendy Morris (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1445-1530	Chest examination* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Mrs Valerie Gerrard (Facilitator) Debbie Blake (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1530-1600	Refreshments and exhibition Refreshments PCRS 5 (Ironbridge 2 and 3)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Shared Decision Making: what does it mean to clinicians and patients alike? Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Professor Steph Taylor (Co-chair) Ms Judith Lawrence (Co-chair) Rachel Bryers (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Research presentations: Lived experience of lung disease Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Professor Hilary Pinnock (Co-chair) Carol Kelly (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Best Practice / Service Development Poster Presentation Service development (Gallery)	Dr Andrew Whittamore (Co-chair) Viv Marsh (Co-chair)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Optimising the use of healthcare resources through correct diagnosis Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. Experience of implementing the asthma diagnosis pathway in general practice (North Birmingham), Liz Wilson 2. Doing the right thing for the breathless patient to optimise use of healthcare resources, an example from the North West, Stephen Gaduzo	Morag Reilly (Co-chair) Dr Vincent Mak (Co-chair) Mrs Liz Wilson (Speaker) Dr Stephen Gaduzo (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Horrible histories: How to take a structured patient history Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Mrs Jackie Dale (Facilitator) Ms Ren Lawlor (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1600-1645	Is FeNO Feasible? Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Mrs Carla Astles (Facilitator) Mrs Carol Stonham (Facilitator)
Friday 28th 1650-1735	“Dual versus Triple therapy” Do we have the full picture yet? (Boehringer-Ingelheim sponsored symposium) Sponsored plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Tom Fardon (Speaker)
Friday 28th 1735-1835	Room 101: Respiratory Special Plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Mrs Anne Rodman (Co-chair) Miss Nicola Wood (Co-chair) Mrs Amanda Roberts (Panellist) Dr Katherine Hickman (Panellist) Mrs Vikki Knowles (Panellist) Mrs Kelly Redden-Rowley (Panellist) Garry McDonald (Question master)
Friday 28th 1945-2015	Drinks Reception Refreshments (Gallery)
Friday 28th 2015-2359	Conference Dinner Refreshments Ludlow Suite (Ground Floor)
Saturday 29th 0745-0845	Annual General Meeting AGM PCRS 2 (Atcham) Breakfast served from 0730 hours	To Be Confirmed (Chair)
Saturday 29th 0850-0935	Journal Overload? Roundup of the latest respiratory research for primary care Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Helen Ashdown (Co-chair) Judith Miller (Co-chair) Dr Steve Holmes (Speaker)
Saturday 29th 0850-0935	Research presentations: Case-finding and diagnosis Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Professor Charlotte Bolton (Co-chair) Dr Nick Francis (Co-chair)
Saturday 29th 0850-0935	Providing sustainable pulmonary rehabilitation across a health economy Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. Commissioning for outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation – is it feasible?, Victoria McKelvie 2. How to define and use outcomes to deliver value based pulmonary rehabilitation, Corinne Robinson	Mrs Clare Cook (Co-chair) Tina Teague (Co-chair) Corinne Robinson (Speaker) Victoria McKelvie (Speaker)
Saturday 29th 0850-0935	Spirometry interpretation* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Mrs Anne Rodman (Facilitator) Mrs Laura Rush (Facilitator)
Saturday 29th 0850-0935	Chest examination* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Mrs Valerie Gerrard (Facilitator) Debbie Blake (Facilitator)
Saturday 29th 0940-1025	Providing you with a clear path to a Smoke-Free Future (Pfizer sponsored symposium) Sponsored plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Stephen Gaduzo (Speaker)
Saturday 29th 1025-1110	Refreshments and exhibition Refreshments PCRS 5 (Ironbridge 2 and 3)
Saturday 29th 1110-1155	Supporting patients living with nicotine dependency: are e-cigarettes helpful? Clinical PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Miss Melissa Canavan (Co-chair) Dr Darush Attar-Zadeh (Co-chair) Louise Ross (Speaker) Dr Darush Attar-Zadeh (Speaker)
Saturday 29th 1110-1155	Research presentations: Asthma prescribing and specialist referral Abstract oral presentation PCRS 3 (Wenlock Suite) Research session in conjunction with npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	Dr Helen Ashdown (Co-chair)
Saturday 29th 1110-1155	Parity of esteem in respiratory care Service development PCRS 2 (Atcham) 1. Smoking and severe mental illness; what the GP can do about it, Alan Cohen 2. Implementing Smokefree mental health settings in West London, Cheryl Malhotra and Rubyni Krishnan	Louise Restrick (Co-chair) Katy Beckford (Co-chair) Alan Cohen (Speaker) Cheryl Malhotra (Speaker) Rubyni Krishnan (Speaker)
Saturday 29th 1110-1155	Inhaler technique: The ever changing choice* Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 1)	Grainne d'Ancona (Facilitator)
Saturday 29th 1110-1155	Asthma action plans in action Workshop in conjunction with Education for Health PCRS 4 (Coalport 2)	Viv Marsh (Facilitator) Mrs Heather Matthews (Facilitator)
Saturday 29th 1200-1300	Grand Round: The four ages of lung health Plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Dr Adedayo Kuku (Co-chair) Dr Iain Small (Facilitator) Dr Darush Attar-Zadeh (Panellist) Louise Sewell (Panellist) Miss Sally King (Panellist) Mrs Carol Stonham (Panellist) Azhar Saleem (Panellist) Dr Steve Holmes (Panellist) Ms Ren Lawlor (Panellist) Mrs Valerie Gerrard (Panellist)
Saturday 29th 1300-1315	Abstract winner Plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	To Be Confirmed (Co-chair)
Saturday 29th 1315-1330	Chair closing remarks Plenary PCRS 1 (Ironbridge 1)	Noel Baxter (Chair)