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Issue 9: Autumn 2016
Special Features
- Guest Editor’s Round-Up Carol Stonham
- Noel Baxter: leader, advocate and passionate campaigner for high quality respiratory care Noel Baxter
- Why tobacco dependency should be treated as a long-term relapsing condition that starts in childhood Francesca Robinson
- PCRS-UK Lay Reference Group – There’s no smoke without a fire Jane Scullion
Regular Feature
- Policy Round-Up Bronwen Thompson
- Getting the Basics Right Why a carbon monoxide test is an essential part of a GP and practice nurse's kit Noel Baxter
- Journal Round-Up
- PCRS-UK News Round-Up
- Second opinion Your respiratory questions answered
- Delivering Excellence Locally Increasing quitters in general practice frees up clinical time and reduces unplanned admissions Fran Robinson, Sonia Simkins
- Making a difference locally – setting up a local group Jackie Dale
- Respiratory Leaders Programme
- Update your clinical practice: IPCRG Desktop Helper Helping patients quit smoking: brief interventions for healthcare professions
Special Pull-out Feature
- Tobacco dependency is a long-term relapsing condition that usually starts in childhood