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Revised Asthma quality standard from NICE

20/09/2018

NICE first published a quality standard for asthma based on the BTS/SIGN asthma guideline in 2013. Now that they have published their own asthma guideline (NG80) in November 2017, they have...

How to harness the patient’s voice to make your service effective

18/09/2018

Gathering the views of patients is essential if we are to deliver the outcomes patients want. But few clinicians are taught to do this during their training. So PCRS is running a two day...

Respiratory dashboard set to improve outcomes for people with respiratory disease

18/09/2018

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

Pulmonary rehabilitation audit

05/09/2018

The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) has launched registration for its pulmonary rehabilitation workstream. All pulmonary rehabilitation services that provide care for people with...

Asthma campaign

05/09/2018

PCRS is supporting the AskAboutAsthma campaign run by the Healthy London Partnership to coincide with the start of the new school year. The campaign is calling for each child or young person with...

A PCRS workshop for aspiring primary care respiratory researchers

05/09/2018

A workshop dedicated to primary care respiratory researchers is being held the afternoon before the PCRS annual conference. The event is aimed at aspiring early and early-mid career researchers...

PCRS Affiliated Group Leaders networking event

05/09/2018

The annual networking event for affiliated group leaders and their deputies and anyone interested in setting up a new group is being held immediately before the first satellite symposium at the PCRS...

MPs back e-cigarettes as a stop smoking tool

20/08/2018

E-cigarettes, estimated to be 95% less harmful than conventional cigarettes, are too often being overlooked as a stop smoking tool by the NHS, say MPs. A new report by the House of...

E-cigarettes may be more harmful than we think but vaping is still safer than tobacco smoking

16/08/2018

E-cigarette vapour boosts the production of inflammatory chemicals and disables key protective cells in the lung that keep the air spaces clear of potentially harmful particles, reveals a new study...

Respiratory disease to be given national profile in 10 year NHS plan

15/08/2018

Respiratory disease is to feature as a priority clinical area in a new 10 year NHS plan being developed by NHS England and NHS Improvement. This news follows an announcement by the Government of...