Panel members shared their personal and professional reflections on the current state of asthma care in the UK, followed by a chaired discussion on the theme: Increasing our impact: Time to accelerate the pace of change.

We have issued pragmatic guidance for the routine and crisis management of patients with asthma and COPD during the UK Covid-19 epidemic.

Very Brief Advice (VBA) is our most practical tool to trigger a quit attempt, with structured behavioural support and medical treatment being the best method of quitting and ideally these are provided by stop smoking practitioners.

Tobacco dependency is a long-term relapsing condition that usually starts in childhood This tobacco dependency pragmatic guide is a practical, immediately implementable, evidence-based framework to enable healthcare professionals to routinely identify smokers, encourage a quit attempt a

Asthma Guidelines in Practice – A PCRS Consensus is a practical and pragmatic guide for healthcare professionals working in primary and intermediate care.  This guide was commissioned to provide clarity on aspects of diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma that are uncertain

People living with respiratory disease require a significant amount of support, guidance and intervention to manage their condition effectively. These interventions should be delivered by clinicians with an appropriate level of expertise in this field.

World COPD Day, this year taking place on the 19th November, is an annual global initiative run by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). World COPD Day aims to raise awareness and present new knowledge and novel therapeutic strategies for COPD worldwide.

PCRS will be holding two webinars on Implementing AIR and MART therapy in children (6+), young people and adults. With new licenses coming in quickly for these inhaler treatments, it is important to implement them effectively, in the appropriate age groups. 

The BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guidelines now recommend moving away from blue (reliever) and brown (preventer) inhalers. Many people with asthma still rely on their blue inhaler despite the fact they:

This year's Respiratory Leadership Programme commenced with a workshop in June (6th - 7th) focusing on unlocking the skills to turn ideas into action to drive real change. A follow up workshop in November will support you to embed your learning.

We are pleased to launch a new series of resources on health inequalities, which bring you everything you need to know about caring for people with respiratory disease who are impacted by health inequalities and severe mental illness.

In this PCRS Health Inequalities podcast Leslie Borrill and Rebecca Jacobs discuss suicide and suicide prevention in long-term respiratory conditions. They cover:

In this PCRS Health Inequalities podcast Noreen Grant, Lisa Cummings and Aaron Foulds (PCRS patient reference group representative) talk about the impact of respiratory disease on mental health. They cover: