Thursday 1st November marks the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

NICE first published a quality standard for asthma based on the BTS/SIGN asthma guideline in 2013.

A Respiratory Dashboard has been developed by a group of respiratory specialists established by the NHS Business Services Authority to highlight the variation in prescrib

The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) has launched registration for its pulmonary rehabilitation workstream.

PCRS is supporting the AskAboutAsthma campaign run by the Healthy London Partnership to coincide with the start of the new school year.

ARNS supports applications for assistance towards course fees for members and non-members.

Recommendations for primary care include:

The BTS/SIGN British asthma guideline is due to be reviewed over the next two years, and they are looking for some new healthcare professionals to contribute to the review process.

The British Thoracic Society has published updated guidance on the use of emergency oxygen. It is based on new evidence about how effective prescribing and delivery of emergency oxygen for patients can both improve health and save lives.

We would like to invite you to our respiratory network meeting which will discuss; The Management of the Breathless Patient & Breathe Easy Groups in Leeds

Missed opportunities contributed to child’s death from asthma

FOCUS ON INTEGRATED RESPIRATORY EDUCATION Respiratory Education Training Day Wednesday 17 May 2017 13.00 - 17.00 hrs (Lunch included) Trinity Park Conference & Event Centre, Ipswich IP3 8UH

BTS Best Practice Travel Fellowships NACFC October 2016 The British Thoracic Society is working in association with several partners from bio-medical industries to offer Travel Fellowships to selected international and national respiratory conferences.

We think that testing out the proposals in real world settings will be really useful in order to explore issues around feasibility, training, workload, time required and cost.

The new guideline focuses on prevention and education. It recommends: