This document has been superseded by the PCRS Fit to Care Framework wich provides concise information based on three different professional levels of standard, advanced and expert irrespective of professional role.

Special Features Guest Editor’s Round-Up Ruth Thomas Chair's perspective: Implementing our new direction Stephen Gaduzo Primary Care Respiratory Society launches PCRS-UK Respiratory Academy Francesca Robinson

Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: A new direction for PCRS-UK Stephen Gaduzo Inspiring, thought provoking and challenging: the PCRS-UK 2015 national conference Francesca Robinson

LTC and respiratory IT support systems

This worksheet focuses on key findings of the National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) and offers some simple steps you can take in your practice to help ensure your patients with asthma are receiving optimal care such as structured review, personalised action plans, and appropriate training

Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: The critical importance of diagnosis. Why we must get it right. Stephen Gaduzo Nurses: Are you ready for revalidation? PCRS-UK is here to help. Francesca Robin

Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: Why it is important that we continually strive to provide the best respiratory care for our patients Stephen Gaduzo Expand your horizons at the premier respiratory confe

Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: Lessons on preventing exacerbations from the National COPD Audit Stephen Gaduzo New approaches to care which help to prevent exacerbations Francesca Robinson

An opinion sheet providing information and advice on assessing fitness to fly for passengers with lung disease

Special Features Editor’s highlights Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: Whose health is it anyway?

This PCRS-UK practice improvement worksheet provides a simple flow chart to aid healthcare practitioners in the diagnosis of asthma in children.  It includes links to other related resources and materials.

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine. This module focuses on prevalence, early and accurate diagnosis of asthma and COPD

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine.

This PGD has been developed for use by primary care nures in the supply/administration of salbutamol to adults and children of 2 years of age and older presenting with an acute episode of uncontrolled asthma.

This worksheet aims to provide practices with succinct advice on the accurate diagnosis of COPD.  The worksheet includes a simple flow-chart to follow and sign-posts to other relevant PCRS-UK materials (hover over words to find links and simply click)