Fran Robinson reports on the PCRS National Respiratory Conference 2018 "Building confidence in a changing world" held at the Telford International Centre on 28/29 September. Originally published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Primary Care Respiratory Update.

Fran Robinson interviews Dr Noel Baxter, Dr Binita Kane, Dr Georges Ng Man Kwong and Dr Jørgen Vestbo, to discuss their experience of setting up and running multidisciplinary respiratory virtual clinics.

Bronwen Thompson discusses the respiratory long-term plan for England with Professor Mike Morgan, National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease at NHS England.

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An integrated disease management (IDM) and structured follow up intervention reduces severe exacerbations and urgent primary care visits in people with high risk COPD.

Updated guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer has been published by NICE.

A mobile friendly asthma slide rule has been added to the Asthma Right Care website.

Q: My patient smokes cigarettes and has a BMI of 43, they drink 45 units of alcohol a week and their physical activity is limited. What should I do first or is it better to tackle all together?

ASK : ADVISE : ACT Using VBA does not depend on the person's readiness to quit and you do not need to assess it before you start Very Brief Advice or VBA is a simple and

Please read the guidance notes which provide potential steps and questions to ask when using the Asthma Slide Rule.

An overloaded health system, lack of smoking cessation services and insufficient training are preventing primary care practitioners from using evidence based interventions to help patients to quit smoking.

Nominations have opened for the Chief Allied Health Professions Awards creating an opportunity for allied health professionals to showcase their innovative and high quality respiratory work.

Healthcare professionals should raise awareness of the dangers of air pollution with patients with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, says a new Quality Standard on air pollution

A cross-party group of MPs has set out a range of tough measures to tackle tobacco dependency including raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco to prevent youngsters taking up the habit.

Regular e-cigarette use among young people remains low in Britain and has plateaued among adults, says a new report from Public Health England.