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Smoking cessation: Looking to the future of lung health in the UK

21/01/2021

While the focus of primary care services is rightly on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations it’s important we don’t lose sight of our longer term ambitions for improving the nations lung health. The...

PCRS launches new tool to help practitioners design, resource and deliver high quality safe integrated care

15/01/2021

Patients with respiratory disease deserve equal access to early and accurate diagnosis, high standards of care, delivered by practitioners with suitable training and experience. Barriers to such a...

2021 - Supporting patients improve or protect their lung health

07/01/2021

The start of a new year is an ideal time to support patients to consider small ways to begin working towards a healthy lifestyle. Grand gestures are unlikely to be sustainable long term but taking...

New Year Message from the Chair, Carol Stonham

01/01/2021

As we get to the end of 2020 it is certainly a year that will go down in history and one none of us will ever forget. It has challenged us physically and mentally, left...

PCRS supports latest edition of Respiratory Health Campaign

30/11/2020

PCRS is proud to be a part of the latest edition of the Respiratory Health Campaign developed by Media Planet in partnership with IPCRG, British Lung Foundation, Asthma UK, and Global Action Plan...

Face to face tobacco cessation and CO monitoring to resume

25/11/2020

NCSCT and Public Helth England have announced the resumption of face-to-face stop smoking consultations and carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring. CO monitoring is a valuable motivational tool for smokers...

New position statement on spirometry

25/11/2020

PCRS has produced a new position statement on spirometry. In the statement we discuss who should undertake and interpret spirometry and when it should be undertaken, specifically in light in...

PCRS calls for action to promote greener healthcare in order to 'Live Well' this World COPD Day

17/11/2020

PCRS is calling today (18th November 2020) for action to promote greener healthcare that is kinder to the environment and in turn helps patients who live with COPD to live well. An estimated 1.2...

PCRS Patient Reference Group Call for Members

12/11/2020

The PCRS Patient Reference Group is an advisory group responsible for providing independent advice and feedback to executive and trustees on how well the Society is performing in...

PCRS response to NHS commitment to become net-zero by 2040

01/10/2020

PCRS welcomes the NHS commitment to becoming net carbon zero by 2040 as set out in the report “Delivering a Net Zero Health Service” (released today 1 October 2020). Climate change poses a major...