Issue 10: Winter 2016

Special Features

• Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock
• Chair’s Perspective Noel Baxter
• Fit for the Future: a holistic approach to respiratory care: 2016 conference round-up Francesca Robinson
• A primary care perspective on the new British asthma guideline Bronwen Thompson, Hilary Pinnock
• Time to take a breath – COPD audit results from primary care Bronwen Thompson, Noel Baxter, Carol Stonham, Kevin Gruffydd Jones
• Certification scheme to raise standards of spirometry for respiratory diagnosis Bronwen Thompson, Monica Fletcher, Stephen Gaduzo, Judith Lawrence
• The Lay Patient and Carer Reference Group – one year on ... Bronwen Thompson, Jane Scullion, Noel Baxter

Regular Feature

• Policy Round-Up Bronwen Thompson
• Getting the Basics Right A summary of PCRS-UK opinion sheets Iain Small, Basil Penny
• Journal Round-Up
• PCRS-UK News Round-Up
• Second opinion Your respiratory questions answered
• Delivering Excellence Locally The rewards and challenges of setting up an integrated community respiratory service Francesca Robinson, Daryl Freeman
• Affiliated Group Leaders Workshop Francesca Robinson
• Update your clinical practice: BTS/SIGN guideline - Summary individual diagnostic tests

Special Pull-out Feature

• Managing Malnutrition in COPD