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PCRS joins the Inequalities in Health Alliance

13/05/2021

PCRS has joined the call for more action across government to reduce health inequalities. We are proud to have joined the Inequalities in Health Alliance, a coalition of over 140...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: National policy perspective | Professor Mike Morgan

07/05/2021

Professor Mike Morgan is an Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester and was formerly the National Clinical Director for Respiratory Services in England. He gave us his view...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: Psychology perspective | Dr Alistair JA Duff

07/05/2021

Dr Alistair JA Duff is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Leeds. He leads us through some of the psychological...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: Education perspective | Dr Linda Edwards

07/05/2021

Dr Linda Edwards is the Chief Executive of Education for Health and she discussed the need for simplicity in the tools for clinicians to help create change in their patients...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: Research perspective | Professor Hilary Pinnock

07/05/2021

Professor Hilary Pinnock is Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and Lead on the Optimising Management of Asthma Attacks theme within the...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: Community pharmacy perspective | Darush Attar-Zadeh

07/05/2021

Darush Attar-Zadeh is a community pharmacist and Executive Committee member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society. He gives his view of how community pharmacies can have a role in...

Blog series – Asthma outcomes: Third sector perspective | Dr Erika Kennington

07/05/2021

Dr Erika Kennington, Head of Research and Innovation at The Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership outlines how we need to take the whole system, the players and the...

Blog: Helping schools manage asthma better

05/05/2021

How can primary care help schools manage asthma better? One in 10 schoolchildren have asthma – that’s three in every classroom. Having asthma gets in the way of a child’s schooling; it affects...

Blog series - Asthma outcomes: Primary care perspective | Dr Katherine Hickman

05/05/2021

Dr Katherine Hickman, GP, Vice-Chair of the Primary Care Respiratory Society, and Primary Care Lead for the National Asthma and COPD programme talks us through how she believes...

PCRS marks World Asthma Day with launch of The Greener Respiratory Patient Pathway

05/05/2021

The Primary Care Respiratory Society, launched today (5/05/21) their Greener Respiratory Pathway. The launch of the toolkit coincides with World Asthma Day, which takes as its theme this year – “...