PCRU | The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK

The Primary Care Respiratory Update (PCRU) is published quarterly in hard copy and distributed to all members of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK. Packed with useful features, clinical updates, educational updates, respiratory news, summaries of respiratory-related policy news and also featuring summaries of npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine and other respiratory related journal articles, this jam-packed update has everything for clinicians working with patients with respiratory illnesses in a primary or community care setting.

	Issue 14: Spring 2018 featuring... Asthma Guidelines in Practice Respiratory Infection and antibiotic prescribing Appropriate use of rescue packs Stepping down ICS in COPD
	Issue 13: Winter 2017 featuring... Supported self-management for respiratory conditions Making exercise work for breathless people Conference feedback
	Issue 12: Autumn 2017 featuring... COPD Treatment Guidelines: Going for GOLD? Celebrating 30 years of PCRS-UK Antibiotic prescribing for children with coughs and colds
	Issue 11: Spring 2017 featuring... Early and accurate diagnosis Peak flow and microspirometry Featuring pull out wall chart on equipment to support diagnosis
	Issue 10: Winter 2016 featuring... Primary care perspective on revisions to British Guideline on the management of asthma Learning from the national COPD audit results Spirometry certification Featuring pull out wall chart on nutrition in COPD
	Issue 9: Autumn 2016 featuring... Treating tobacco addiction for long term lending funds Featuring wall chart on CO testing and treatment of tobacco addiction
	Issue 8: Summer 2016 featuring... Self Management and rescue medication Clinical Audit Using templates to improve care
	Issue 7: Spring 2016 featuring... Campaign for better education Featuring centre-fold on building blocks of a good respiratory review
	Issue 6: December 2015 featuring... Managing respiratory tract infections Features centre-fold on oxygen
	Issue 5: Sept/Oct 2015 featuring... Getting the diagnosis right Features centre-fold on spirometry
	Issue 4: May/June 2015 featuring... Striving for best respiratory care Allergic rhinitis NRAD: 1 year on...
	Issue 3: February 2015 featuring... COPD - A look at all aspects of COPD management and how we can prevent/manage exacerbations Features centre-fold on COPD management
	Issue 2: November 2014 featuring... Whose health is it anyway? The patient perspective Are we as patient-centred as we really think we are?
	Issue 1: July 2014 featuring... Why people die from asthma: have we become complacent in primary care? Top tips for getting the basics right in asthma care