Abstracts

💡 The latest in respiratory research and best practice / service development to inspire your work.

Listed below are all the accepted abstracts from the PCRS Respiratory Conference 2026.

93 results

🏅 Conference Winning Abstract

Effectiveness of a facilitated implementation strategy to improve routine delivery of supported asthma self-management in UK primary care: a cluster randomised implementation trial (IMP2ART) (ID 803)

Pinnock H, Hammersley V, Appiagyei F, Barat A, Delaney B, Fitzsimmons D, Hamborg T, Holmes S, Jackson T, Jones M, Julious S, MacLeod C, McClatchey K, Marsh V, Morgan N, Price D, Sheringham J, Steed L, Stuart B, Taylor SJC for the IMP2ART study team

The University of Edinburgh

🏅 Scientific Research Poster Winner

Optimising respiratory care in primary and community settings: a mixed methods study (ID 733)

Gillett,K., Lippiett, K., Portillo, MC., Wang, K.

University of Southampton

🏅 Best Practice / Service Development Poster Winner

Respiratory Specialist Review Service: Improving Access to Respiratory Expertise Through a Multi-Neighbourhood-Based Model of Care (ID 838)

Grant N, Swallow M, Carter L

SDS Respiratory Specialist Review Service

🏅 Patient Centred Poster Winner

Health beliefs, euphemistic terms and colloquial expressions surrounding asthma diagnoses encountered in primary care (ID 772)

Correia-de-Sousa J, Kaplan A, Holmes S, Tsiligianni I, Román Rodríguez M, Khoo EM, Martinez M, Martins S, Mak V, Dierick B, Ghedira H, Williams S.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Longitudinal trends in fatal and life-threatening asthma in children and young people in England – a retrospective cohort study. (ID 734)

Gawlik-Lipinski A, Broomfield J., Shabnam S, Gaillard EA, Quint JK, Gillies CL, Lo DKH

University of Leicester

Longitudinal trends in prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in children and young people in England – a retrospective cohort study. (ID 863)

Gawlik-Lipinski A, Broomfield J, Shabnam S, Gaillard EA, Quint JK, Gillies CL, Lo DKH

University of Leicester

Asthma and COPD Winter Burden Study: Assessment of the winter burden of asthma and COPD after treatment review. (ID 831)

Pfeffer P, Hale MJ, Watt M, Chiu G, Lipworth J, Murphy A

AstraZeneca

Understanding Asthma-Specific Fear, Worry and Phobia in relation to Clinical Outcomes; A Systematic Review (ID 794)

Garang RA, Steed L

Queen Mary University of London

Understanding the burden of Chronic Cough and Chronic Breathlessness: Data Insights from the CLEAR Elective Care Respiratory Neighbourhood Extension Programme (ID 849)

Abrahams K, Davies I, Askey G, Brewster C

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The inherent variability of asthma: implications for diagnosis and assessing response to treatment (ID 833)

Ghafoor M, Bennett M, Wang R, Simpson A, Murray CS, Fowler SJ

University of Manchester, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Allergy & Respiratory Medicine

When Biomarkers Mislead: The Impact of Comorbid Disease and Smoking in Severe Asthma (ID 826)

Abou Swid L, Muthiaihpillai K, Ganendiran K, Vijayanand ALA, Jackson D

King's College London

Spirometry provision for COPD diagnosis across the UK: findings from a national survey of healthcare professionals (ID 796)

Roleston C, Glogowska M, Wolstenholme J, Koleva-Kolarova R, Hayward G, Turner P, Ashdown HF.

University of Oxford

“Respiratory just isn’t sexy”: clinicians’ experiences of spirometry for COPD diagnosis in UK primary care (ID 795)

Roleston C, Glogowska M, Wolstenholme J, Koleva-Kolarova R, Hayward G, Campbell L, Turner P, Ashdown, HF

University of Oxford

Evaluating FeNO testing in primary care to support diagnosis and appropriate prescribing in a PCN in South Yorkshire. (ID 730)

Cundill F, Dawson J, Robinson E, Standring-Brown N, Brazier C, Leese D, Kansra S, Mahmood A, Linden D.

Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber

Does ethnicity influence the investigative pathway after presentation with breathlessness? – an epidemiological study using CPRD records (ID 817)

Harini Sathanapally, Urvee Karsanji, Jennifer Creese, Gillian Doe, Kamlesh Khunti, Michael Steiner, Claire Lawson, Anvesha Singh, Rachael A Evans

University of Leicester

From breathlessness to action: Understanding help-seeking behaviours and preferred support strategies for breathlessness in a South Asian focus group (ID 834)

Akosile PA, Evans RE, Miah NM and Doe GD

University of Leicester

Beyond trial outcomes: Process evaluation insights into the IMP2ART trial findings. (ID 840)

MacLeod C, Sheringham J, Steed L, Delaney B, Marsh V, Hammersley V, McClatchey K, Taylor SJC, Pinnock H

University of Edinburgh

The fit between asthma self-management implementation strategies and practice context– a case study within the IMP2ART cluster randomised controlled trial (ID 800)

Sheringham J, Delaney B, MacLeod C, McClatchey K, Barat A, Steed L, Marsh V, Hammersley V, Taylor SJC, Pinnock H

University College London (UCL)

Impact of a structured cardiopulmonary risk–focused COPD review in primary care (ID 808)

Young C, McBride M, Courtenay A

Mid-Ulster GP Federation

Limitations of GP Prescribing Records in Assessing Medication Adherence in Children and Young People with Asthma (ID 719)

Herskovits G, Kirkpatrick C, Chavasse R, Makhecha S, Simmons A

Formerly NHS England London

Assessing the effect of ethnicity and socioeconomic status on outcomes in asthma – A systematic review – The impact of targeted interventions (ID 732)

Wat L

University of Nottingham

“How do you go from talking about the weather to discussing your life?” Dignity Therapy applied in a Community Respiratory Team (ID 736)

Brown, S, Yerramasu, C

NHS Lothian

Improving asthma self-management in primary care: development of a patient education leaflet (ID 745)

Sophie Gay

University of Manchester

Improving Asthma Care: Introducing FeNO Testing at Point-of-Care (ID 753)

Darragh Lynch

Ulster University

Improving Foundation Doctor Knowledge of Updated Asthma and COPD Guidelines Through a Targeted Teaching Intervention: A Quality Improvement Project (ID 755)

Neal W

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport

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AstraZeneca UK Limited
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