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Monitoring ICS underuse in asthma and over-reliance on SABA: A sponsored supplement
Improving outcomes in asthma as an inflammatory disease: spotlight on monitoring ICS underuse and over-reliance on SABA: A sponsored supplement
A report of a...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has released a 2019 update to their Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention and the Pocket Guide on Diagnosis and Management of Difficult-to-treat and Severe Asthma in adolescent and adult patients...
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Last Updated: 23rd April 2019
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In this short article for Spring 2019 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Carol Stonham and Tricia Bryant reflect on recent advances in digital technology which may help and support affiliated groups to maintain momentum, retain engagement of...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Respiratory nurse practitioner Carol Stonham will achieve two PCRS firsts when she takes over from Dr Noel Baxter as Executive Chair in September 2019. She will become both the first female and the first nurse leader, reflecting...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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In this short article for the Spring 2019 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Noel Baxter provides some highlights from the PCRS Tobacco Dependency Pragmatic Guide and explains how everyone can become a quit catalyst.
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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The PCRS Respiratory Conference 2019 aims to update delegates on the latest developments in respiratory care and inspire them with practical ideas they can take back to their practices and teams. This article from the...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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All that glitters is not GOLD, nor is it even NICE
Treatment guidelines for "All that glitters is not GOLD, nor is it even NICE" is a consensus-based article that sets out a simple treatment pathway based on the predominant...
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Last Updated: 23rd April 2019
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PCRU Highlights
PCRS consensus guide to managing COPD
Become a Quit Catalyst
Essential Guide to Spirometry
PCRS Conference 2019
Special Features
Editor’s Round-Up Iain Small
Chair’s Perspective Noel Baxter
All...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Fran Robinson talks to Dr Dayo Kuko on her experience of the PCRS Respiratory Leader Programme and how it has helped her deal with conflict, influence others and gain confidence in her professional role.
Originally published in the Winter 2018...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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This PCRU article features initiatives led by PCRS members around the UK, supported by PCRS programmes and tools.
Achieving national spirometry certification in primary and secondary care in wales: a systematic approach
Dr Simon Barry...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Your respiratory questions answered…
Question: "I want to know more about FeNO and whether we should introduce it in our practice. Where can I find out more about it and how do I create a business case in support of its use?"
Originally...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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In this regular PCRU feature we explore cases of rarer lung conditions and their presentation.
In this short case discussion Fran Robinson interviews Dr Stephen Gaduzo as they discuss John, an amateur footballer who has recently been diagnosed...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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The following article includes a selection of some of the scientific and best practice abstracts presented at the 2018 PCRS National Primary Care Respiratory Conference.
Originally published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Primary Care...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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A report from the annual PCRS research workshop for respiratory researchers on 27th September 2018 by Dr Helen Ashdown, GP and PCRS Research Lead.
Originally published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Primary Care Respiratory Update.
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Fran Robinson reports on the PCRS National Respiratory Conference 2018 "Building confidence in a changing world" held at the Telford International Centre on 28/29 September.
Originally published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Primary Care...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Fran Robinson interviews Dr Noel Baxter, Dr Binita Kane, Dr Georges Ng Man Kwong and Dr Jørgen Vestbo, to discuss their experience of setting up and running multidisciplinary respiratory virtual clinics.
Originally published in the...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Bronwen Thompson discusses the respiratory long-term plan for England with Professor Mike Morgan, National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease at NHS England.
Originally published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Primary Care Respiratory...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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A new patient decision aid has been launched by NICE to help people with asthma, alongside their healthcare professionals, to choose the inhaler which best meets their needs and their symptoms.
The aid describes the different types of...
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Last Updated: 11th April 2019
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An integrated disease management (IDM) and structured follow up intervention reduces severe exacerbations and urgent primary care visits in people with high risk COPD.
This is the finding of a Canadian study published in NPJ Primary Care...
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Last Updated: 10th April 2019
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Updated guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer has been published by NICE.
New recommendations are largely focused on secondary care but the guideline is relevant to all healthcare professionals with...
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Last Updated: 9th April 2019
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A mobile friendly asthma slide rule has been added to the Asthma Right Care website.
The asthma slide rule has been designed to help prescribers initiate discussions with their peers and people with asthma about over reliance on short-acting...
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Last Updated: 11th April 2019
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Difficult clinical questions, conversations and responses?
The expert panel responds
Q: My patient smokes cigarettes and has a BMI of 43, they drink 45 units of alcohol a week and their physical activity is limited. What...
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Last Updated: 29th March 2019
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Completing the VBA will tell you your patient’s self-reported tobacco status –
an important first step.
VBA is our most practical tool to trigger a quit attempt, with structured behavioural support and medical treatment being...
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Last Updated: 4th April 2019
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Start with Very Brief Advice (VBA) on smoking
VBA (ASK : ADVISE : ACT) is a simple and powerful approach designed to be used opportunistically in less than 30 seconds in almost any consultation with a smoker. VBA is a public...
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Last Updated: 28th March 2019
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Primary care clinicians are reminded that important changes to respiratory QOF indicators introduced by the new GP contract become effective from April 1.
The changes are:
A new COPD indicator for offering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) to...
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Last Updated: 27th March 2019
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Tobacco dependency support is declining in GP practices and pharmacies and only half of local authorities now offer universal specialist stop smoking services.
This is the finding of a new report from Action on Smoking and Health and Cancer...
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Last Updated: 27th March 2019
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Please read the guidance notes which provide potential steps
and questions to ask when using the Asthma Slide Rule.
Watch PCRS member Darush Attar in this video using the ARC slide rule during the UK pilot project....
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Last Updated: 17th April 2019
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Complex COPD Made Simple (and what to do when it’s difficult)
Course flyer
A systematic approach to help you care for people with complex COPD
Latest evidence for high quality, integrated, inter-disciplinary clinical...
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Event Date: 7 June 2019 - 9:00am
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An overloaded health system, lack of smoking cessation services and insufficient training are preventing primary care practitioners from using evidence based interventions to help patients to quit smoking.
This is the finding of the first UK-wide...
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Last Updated: 12th March 2019
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Nominations have opened for the Chief Allied Health Professions Awards creating an opportunity for allied health professionals to showcase their innovative and high quality respiratory work.
The Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards...
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Last Updated: 8th March 2019
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Healthcare professionals should raise awareness of the dangers of air pollution with patients with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, says a new Quality Standard on air pollution published by NICE.
It highlights how periods of...
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Last Updated: 8th March 2019
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A cross-party group of MPs has set out a range of tough measures to tackle tobacco dependency including raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco to prevent youngsters taking up the habit.
The report by the Parliamentary Group on Smoking and...
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Last Updated: 8th March 2019
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Regular e-cigarette use among young people remains low in Britain and has plateaued among adults, says a new report from Public Health England.
It calls for more smokers to be encouraged to use e-cigarettes as an option to quit tobacco smoking...
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Last Updated: 5th March 2019
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Registration is now open for the Primary Care Respiratory Academy 2019 Clinical, Commissioning and Pharmacy events.
The programme starts in April and offers: 20 full day clinical roadshows, 10 full day commissioning workshops and 5 community...
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Last Updated: 27th February 2019
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It’s No Smoking Day 2019 on Wednesday March 13, the national health awareness day that encourages smokers to quit.
But do you know the range of options now available for you to help different smokers quit their way and that there is help for you...
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Last Updated: 27th February 2019
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The UK has the highest asthma death rate for young people aged 10-24, compared with other wealthy countries.
This is the finding of an international comparison of young people’s health conducted by the Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young...
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Last Updated: 22nd February 2019
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There is a danger that the debate around e-cigarettes will drown out the work needed to tackle tobacco dependency, warns a leading respiratory physician in a BMJ editorial.
More than three million people in the UK currently vape and the vast...
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Last Updated: 21st February 2019
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PCRS has launched an online giving page where people can donate money to support our work to influence respiratory healthcare policy and campaign for improvements in respiratory care.
This has been prompted by unsolicited donations we receive...
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Last Updated: 19th February 2019
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PCRS Executive member Dr Vince Mak, Consultant Physician in Respiratory Integrated Care at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, has been appointed Clinical Director of the London Respiratory Strategic Clinical Network (RSCN).
The Network, set up by...
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Last Updated: 12th February 2019
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E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments (NRT) at helping smokers to quit finds a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine
The multi centre randomised controlled trial, the first to test...
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Last Updated: 14th February 2019
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The new five year GP contract has introduced some important changes to the respiratory QOF indicators, effective from April 2019 in England.
The changes reflect a major review of QOF which has resulted in some low value indicators being retired,...
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Last Updated: 8th February 2019
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Based on the current evidence PCRS supports e-cigarettes as a positive option available to support people to quit tobacco smoking.
• E-cigarettes are marketed as consumer products and are proving much more popular than NRT as a substitute and...
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Last Updated: 5th March 2019
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The NHS has been slow to respond to rapid advances in molecular diagnostics which with new treatments for lung cancer are leading to improvements in survival for patients.
This is the warning of a new report, called Molecules Matter, by the UK...
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Last Updated: 31st January 2019
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A greater focus is urgently needed on improving diagnosis of COPD, say researchers, who have found that a quarter of patients on GP registers may have been misdiagnosed.
The study of data from the Welsh National COPD Audit, published in the...
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Last Updated: 28th January 2019
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Millennials are getting the worst asthma care in the UK, reported the news media about Asthma UK’s annual survey for 2018.
The report, The Reality of Asthma Care in the UK, said that two thirds of patients aged 18-29 were not getting basic asthma...
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Last Updated: 25th January 2019
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The following piece is an extended version of a blog from our Chair, Noel Baxter, written at the request of NHS England for their website, seeking the views of PCRS on the respiratory elements of the NHS Long Term Plan for England (LTP). ...
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Last Updated: 24th January 2019
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What is the tobacco dependency pragmatic guide?
This tobacco dependency pragmatic guide is a practical, immediately implementable, evidence-based framework to enable healthcare professionals to routinely identify smokers, encourage a quit attempt...
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Last Updated: 10th April 2019
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PCRS has published a pragmatic guide to diagnosing and managing tobacco dependency.
It comes as the NHS Long Term Plan sets out specific action to reduce the smoking rate including supporting people to quit when they interact with NHS services...
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Last Updated: 24th January 2019
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COPD and bronchiectasis are the most common conditions resulting in high intensity users (HIUs) of A&E being admitted to hospital, reveals an analysis of NHS hospital data.
The report by the healthcare analysis company, Dr Foster, found that...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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New resources have been published for diagnosing and managing severe asthma as PCRS prepares to publish its own Poorly Controlled and Severe Asthma Pragmatic Guide.
These resources are:
A Guide to Difficult-to-Treat and Severe Asthma in...
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Last Updated: 9th January 2019
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Respiratory care is set to improve after being given a national focus in the new NHS Long Term Plan, says PCRS Executive Chair Dr Noel Baxter.
The document highlights late diagnosis, variation in service provision, geographic and socio-economic...
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Last Updated: 8th January 2019
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A Government recommendation to switch stable patients using pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) to more environmentally friendly dry powder inhalers risks harming patients, warn respiratory experts.
Making inhaler choices with only emotive...
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Last Updated: 8th January 2019
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People with severe mental illness (SMI) should be given more support to stop smoking to prevent them dying prematurely from smoking related diseases, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
In a new position statement the College advises that...
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Last Updated: 7th January 2019
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People who have had a COPD exacerbation can be safely and cost effectively cared for in 'Hospital at Home' schemes, reports a NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) - funded study.
They can also be discharged from hospital more quickly if...
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Last Updated: 7th January 2019
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Editor Dr Iain Small says: “This issue takes a look at the past, the present and the future. Rather like the TARDIS, there is a deceptively large amount of content in this issue, combining policy, educational and clinical care, looking at what...
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Last Updated: 19th December 2018
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Dr Roy Robertson is a Professor of Addiction Medicine at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He has spent much of his career on the frontline of Edinburgh’s heroin problem working as a GP...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Looking beyond the disease
In the third in our series of snapshot case vignettes aimed at illustrating self-management opportunities Dr Iain Small brings you the case of Gerald. Three healthcare professionals have provided their feedback on the...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Issue 16 of PCRU looks back over the year and looks forward to the future of respiratory care
PCRU Highlights
Focus on respiratory disease for England
Respiratory Virtual Clinics
Conference highlights
Special...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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Nearly 9 in 10 (89%) NHS health professionals and commissioners believe that national policymakers need to have a more radical strategy for integrated care, a survey has revealed.
Nearly all the 122 NHS health professionals and commissioners who...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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Two senior PCRS members have been appointed to key roles with the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) giving them an opportunity to influence improvements in asthma and COPD care.
Dr Katherine Hickman, PCRS Vice Chair elect, has been...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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NICE has published an update to its 2010 guidance on the diagnosis and management of COPD which makes recommendations on the most effective inhaled therapies, oxygen therapies, lung volume reduction procedures, and self-management and exacerbation...
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Last Updated: 18th December 2018
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A greater focus on improving early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory disease is called for in a National Five Year Plan for Lung Health published today (Dec 5).
The aim of the plan, launched by the Taskforce for Lung Health, a collaboration...
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Last Updated: 5th December 2018
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If you are interested in and have relevant experience of providing support to stop smoking, this is a great opportunity for personal development and to see the workings of NICE at close quarters.
Information on the role and how to apply is...
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Last Updated: 3rd December 2018
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NHS RightCare have published a Respiratory Delivery Pack to help healthcare professionals to take action to reduce winter pressures this winter to by focusing on respiratory patients – particularly those with COPD, adult asthma and flu/pneumonia...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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A focus on smoking in the home could provide new routes for smokers to quit and help protect children and non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke, says a new report from ASH.
Called Smoking in the home; new solutions for the smokefree...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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Three in four people with lung cancer are diagnosed too late to receive potentially curative treatment, says a new report by the UK Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC).
Patients diagnosed at the earliest stage of lung cancer are almost five times more...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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ARNS Annual Conference, 10-11 May 2019, Coldra Court Newport, Wales.
We are delighted to announce that next year’s Annual Conference will be held on 10-11 May at Coldra Court, Newport, Wales. We have an excellent programme of learning...
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Event Date: 10 May 2019 - 9:00am
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GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) has updated its strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of COPD.
There are two key changes:
Initial treatment (based on the ABCD assessment of symptoms tool)...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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This is Lung Cancer Awareness month and the good news is that a recent trial reports that introducing lung screening for people at high risk of lung cancer could reduce deaths from the disease.
Over 15,000 people without lung cancer...
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Last Updated: 14th November 2018
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Where a patient lives, their age and economic circumstance can affect their chances of developing asthma and the care that they receive, finds a new Asthma UK report.
On the Edge: How inequality affects people with asthma outlines the impact...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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PCRS Respiratory Clinical Leadership Programme
Bringing out the best in yourself and others
8-9 November 2019, Ramada Birmingham Solihull
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Agenda coming soon
The multi-disciplinary faculty for the programme...
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Event Date: 8 November 2019 - 12:30pm
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Thursday 1st November marks the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month. It educates patients about the need to recognise symptoms and present earlier to their GP and reminds healthcare professionals of the need for early diagnosis.
Professor...
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Last Updated: 30th October 2018
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The Room 101 session at the PCRS national respiratory conference touched such a raw nerve with delegates when they were asked what their top waste issue was that we have decided to extend our poll to the wider membership.
GP Dr Katherine Hickman...
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Last Updated: 26th October 2018
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A series of instructional videos on good inhaler technique has been launched by Asthma UK.
Endorsed by the UK Inhaler Group, of which PCRS is a member, the videos have been created to address the variations in how inhaler technique is taught....
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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IPCRG is delighted to be supporting its 6th Scientific Meeting that will take place from 24-25 May in Bucharest, Romania, hosted by RespiRO, our Romanian Member country.
Who is the conference for?
Please consider attending if you have:
A...
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Event Date: 24 May 2019 - 9:00am
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PCRS is delighted to endorse the Association of Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) spirometry course as appropriate for health professionals, having reviewed it and provided extensive input.
The primarily online course, endorsed by PCRS...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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PCRS has produced a draft copy for consultation of a pragmatic guide to diagnosing and managing tobacco dependence which calls for a new approach to treating smokers.
This is because the prevalence of smokers making contact with health services...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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PCRS has joined forces with international colleagues to promote a global initiative called Asthma Right Care (ARC) which aims to positively disrupt current thinking about the way asthma is treated in the UK.
Led by the International Primary Care...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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A new logo and a more contemporary look for the society is being launched today at the PCRS National Respiratory Conference.
Speaking about the new look, Dr Noel Baxter, PCRS executive chair said: ‘’We hope our members will agree the new logo...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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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 updated the quality standard in order to align the...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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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 clinical leadership programme workshop...
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Last Updated: 18th September 2018
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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.
The NHS spends more than £1 billion a year on...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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Issue 15 of PCRU examines the challenges of tackling multimorbidity in patients with respiratory disease and equality in patient populations.
PCRU Highlights
Treatable and untreatable traits
Equity and equality
Influenza vaccination:...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
Resources:
PCRU 2018 Autumn Issue 15- Influenza vaccination: helping respiratory consultations
- The challenges of delivering respiratory care to a rural, coastal, deprived population
- Medical complexity: treatable and untreatable traits – challenging health care to move onwards
- Respiratory Leaders - Interview with Deirdre Siddaway
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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 COPD in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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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 asthma
to have an asthma...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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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 and will include presentations from senior...
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Last Updated: 15th January 2019
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Healthcare professionals are reminded that antibiotics should not be used as the first line of treatment for coughs, by NICE and Public Health England in new antimicrobial prescribing draft guidance.
The new guidance supports clinicians to...
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Last Updated: 24th August 2018
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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 Commons Science and Technology Committee calls for...
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Last Updated: 20th August 2018
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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 in the journal Thorax.
The vapour impairs...
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Last Updated: 16th August 2018
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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 increases in NHS funding over five years, beginning...
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Last Updated: 15th August 2018
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The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) has been invited to nominate a GP to represent its members on the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS). This is a multidisciplinary position paper author group on...
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Last Updated: 5th September 2018
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Researcher Leah Jayes, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nottingham, is seeking respiratory interested healthcare professionals to help with a British Lung Foundation funded study into osteoporosis and fracture risk in patients with COPD...
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Last Updated: 26th July 2018
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Clinicians are complacent about SABA overuse, ignoring evidence that excessive prescribing can cause asthma deaths, a new study in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine has revealed.
Researchers who interviewed 21 clinicians from primary and...
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Last Updated: 26th July 2018
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Patients may accidentally inhale the mouthpiece of a pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) or objects that have become trapped inside the device if it is not used or stored correctly, the medicines regulator has warned.
The alert, by the...
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Last Updated: 26th July 2018
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NICE has published new draft guidance recommending benralizumab (Fasenra, AstraZeneca) for people who have severe eosinophilic asthma.
It is being proposed as an option for treating eosinophilic asthma when usual therapies such as, inhaled...
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Last Updated: 26th July 2018
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Patients with difficult and severe asthma are often failing to get the specialist assessment, support and treatment they need, says a new report by Asthma UK.
Slipping through the net: The reality facing patients with difficult and severe asthma...
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Last Updated: 26th July 2018
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Smokers are being left without support to quit as figures show that the number of prescriptions for stop smoking aids in England have dropped by 75% in the last decade.
In Wales the number of treatments dispensed has fallen by two thirds...
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Last Updated: 25th July 2018
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Two important new NICE consultations on new COPD guidance have been published.
New draft antimicrobial prescribing guidance sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute exacerbations of COPD. It aims to optimise...
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Last Updated: 11th July 2018
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More mesothelioma patients are receiving active treatment with chemotherapy but just 7% are alive three years after being diagnosed, finds a new report from the Royal College of Physicians and Mesothelioma UK.
Other key findings from the National...
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Last Updated: 10th July 2018
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The number of adult smokers in England has dropped by around 1.6m, the latest Government figures show.
Overall smoking rates for 2017 are at all-time low of 14.9%, down from 19.3% just five years ago. This brings the estimated number of smokers...
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Last Updated: 6th July 2018
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New guidance on the safe use of rechargeable e-cigarettes has been published by the National Fire Chiefs Council.
The position statement, produced in conjunction with Public Health England, says that e-cigarettes are the most popular stop smoking...
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Last Updated: 30th June 2018
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Getting a project underway and making it happen was the focus of the June meeting of the Respiratory Clinical Leadership workshop.
Independent consultant Catherine Blackaby introduced delegates to the tools, techniques and approaches that they...
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Last Updated: 26th June 2018
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A major new report from the Royal College of Physicians calls for everyone working in the health service to identify smokers and help them to quit, a policy supported by PCRS.
It describes management of smoking in secondary care settings as ‘...
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Last Updated: 26th June 2018
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Every patient treated with a pressured metered dose inhaler (pMDI) should own and regularly use a spacer/valved holding chamber (VHC) concludes a new review.
They should know how to use the device properly, both for routine preventer therapy and...
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Last Updated: 25th June 2018
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week, a national campaign which raises awareness of the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic lung illness?
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a highly cost effective intervention that is currently underused....
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Last Updated: 12th June 2018
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The global primary care network is “engaged, friendly, thoughtful and patient-centred” tweeted the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) following a successful 9th IPCRG World Conference, in Porto, Portugal, 31st May - 2nd June...
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Last Updated: 12th June 2018
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Hospital admissions were reduced by 16% after practices in Harrow took on board the lessons learned from an audit of 291 children and young people who had had asthma attacks.
This shows that clinicians can use the learning from patients who have...
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Last Updated: 11th June 2018
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PCRS Respiratory Clinical Leadership Programme
All change! The compelling case for change: changing the way we change
7-8 June 2019, Hallmark Hotel Derby Midland
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Agenda
This workshop will give delegates the confidence...
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Event Date: 7 June 2019 - 12:30pm
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A review of 68 worldwide studies has identified the factors which put children at risk of a severe asthma attack.
Clinicians will be able to use this information to focus risk reduction management strategies on the high risk child.
The...
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Last Updated: 6th June 2018
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Are you interested in sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders?
Would you like the experience of contributing to the development of a NICE guideline?
NICE is currently recruiting for committee members and topic-specific experts for a Guideline...
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Last Updated: 1st June 2018
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Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day and PCRS-UK has a new resource you can use to help your patients to quit.
This year’s campaign by the World Health Organisation and partners is focusing on raising awareness of the link between...
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Last Updated: 30th May 2018
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Recent weather conditions mean that this year is set to be especially difficult for people with allergic rhinitis.
The early spring cold weather held the early pollen count low during March. But the warm weather that has followed...
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Last Updated: 29th May 2018
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PCRS-UK has published a new tobacco dependency resource which supports the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to help people quit tobacco smoking.
This follows an updated evidence review by Public Health England (PHE) which reports that e-cigarettes...
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Would you like the experience of contributing to the development of a NICE guideline?
NICE is currently recruiting for committee members and topic-specific experts for a Guideline Committee for Sleep Disordered Breathing
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Last Updated: 16th May 2018
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The Spring issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update focuses on the appropriate use of antibiotics whether for respiratory infections or as part of a rescue pack.
This is a hardy perennial topic that requires regular re-visits. The practice...
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Last Updated: 1st May 2018
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The British Lung Foundation (BLF) and Asthma UK have published two new resources that healthcare professionals can use to encourage patients with COPD and asthma to self-manage their condition.
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The BLF’s new self-...
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Last Updated: 1st May 2018
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TB remains one of the world’s leading causes of death. In fact, it killed more people than any other infectious disease last year. Whilst rates are improving, the UK still has an unacceptable burden of TB disease.
Colleagues at...
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Last Updated: 1st May 2018
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New call for evidence: Deadline 18 May 2018
The Taskforce for Lung Health, a group of 25 representatives from the lung health sector, is encouraging clinicians, researchers and the public to share their evidence of ways to improve the nation...
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Last Updated: 1st May 2018
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Today is World Asthma Day, an event held each May by the Global Initiative for Asthma, (GINA) to raise awareness of asthma worldwide.
GINA says asthma is under-diagnosed and under-treated across the globe, creating a substantial burden to...
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Are you interested in or concerned about respiratory care and services in your area? Would you like to improve the quality of care for patients with respiratory disease and feel you need some help to make that case to your practice manager or local...
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Last Updated: 21st September 2018
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Whether you are a practice nurse or locality lead, being responsible for improving respiratory care for patients can be both daunting and frustrating – especially when you’re facing budget cuts, juggling workloads and trying to keep up-to-...
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Last Updated: 21st September 2018
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In this article from the December 2017 Primary Care Respiratory Update, Charles Waddicor,chair of the PCRS-UK Trustees, shares his experience of surviving an asthma attack and his approach to self-management. The article is introduced by Carol...
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Last Updated: 16th April 2018
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The latest report from the National COPD Audit says primary care must improve referral rates for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) because it is such an effective and high value therapy for people with COPD.
Called Pulmonary rehabilitation: An exercise...
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Last Updated: 12th April 2018
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Chronic lung disease is a common and growing problem in Africa affecting around 1 in 8 adults. The main forms are COPD, asthma and post TB lung disease. COPD is now the third leading cause of death in the world, and is rapidly increasing in Africa...
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Last Updated: 12th April 2018
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A range of interactive self-study courses are available via the Primary Care Respiratory Academy, covering subjects as diverse as diagnosing childhood wheeze, pulmonary rehabilitation and interpreting spirometry results.
The modules use a mix of...
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Last Updated: 9th April 2018
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PCRS-UK are in the process of developing a pragmatic guide for clinicians focusing on the diagnosis and management of tobacco dependency. As such, we have convened a group of 15 individuals with expertise in research, teaching, public health, policy...
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Last Updated: 1st May 2018
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This framework, developed by the PCRS-UK Service Development Committee helps those looking to design a holistic and integrated respiratory service to see the ideal components for a given population of patients.
It builds on the work...
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Last Updated: 3rd April 2018
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Editor’s Round-Up Iain Small
Chair’s Perspective: Influencing change Noel Baxter
Asthma Guidelines in Practice – A PCRS-UK Consensus
The Appropriate Use of Rescue Packs Fran Robinson
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In this article from Primary Care Respiratory Update, Spring 2018, Fran Robinson, discusses the use of rescue packs with Dr John Hurst, Honorary Consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Reader in Respiratory Medicine at...
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Last Updated: 29th March 2018
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In this article from the Spring 2018 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Dr Noel Baxter discusses how to influence change
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Last Updated: 7th June 2018
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In this feature from the Spring 2018 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Dr Stephen Holmes discusses a case history of a presentation of mesothelioma
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Last Updated: 29th March 2018
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PCRS-UK has published an algorithm to identify people with COPD who might benefit from inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment and those in whom it may not be appropriate. It also offers an approach to withdrawing ICS in patients in whom it is not...
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Last Updated: 28th March 2018
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PCRS-UK and Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) have been working closely together on the new training arrangements for people to become certified as competent in performing and/or interpreting spirometry and join the...
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Last Updated: 23rd March 2018
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PCRS-UK believes that treating tobacco dependency is the business of every healthcare professional. This is because treating tobacco dependency is the single most cost-effective intervention for the prevention of smoking-related disease and for...
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Last Updated: 14th March 2018
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ARNS supports applications for assistance towards course fees for members and non-members. As a member you can also apply for a bursary towards attending a respiratory conference or the purchase of books, to support your learning:
It should be...
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Last Updated: 12th March 2018
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Second Opinion. Your respiratory questions answered…
This question was posted by a PCRS-UK member and is answered by Dr Iain Small and Dr Vince Mak.
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I attended the PCRS conference last year (2016) and there was a...
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Last Updated: 5th March 2018
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This guide provides an algorithm to identify people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who might benefit from ICS treatment and those in whom it may not be appropriate, and an approach
to withdrawing ICS in patients in whom it is...
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Last Updated: 28th February 2019
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In this Chair's Perspective from the Spring 2017 edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Dr Noel Baxter discusses the importance of early and accurate diagnosis for respiratory conditions.
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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In this article from PCRU Spring 2017 Fran Robinson interviews Barbara Preston, a member of the PCRS Lay Reference Group, who had bronchiectasis as a child but was not diagnosed until she was an adult, the article...
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Last Updated: 26th February 2019
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Endorsed by PCRS-UK, the guideline offers recommendations on symptom recognition, management and follow-up of the disease that are relevant for primary care clinicians.
The use of products containing asbestos was banned in the UK in 1999 but...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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PCRS has published a consensus statement on key aspects of the diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma to provide clarity for primary care clinicians faced with conflicting national guidelines1
Asthma Guidelines in Practice - A PCRS...
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Last Updated: 15th November 2018
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Asthma Guidelines in Practice – A PCRS Consensus was commissioned to provide clarity on aspects of diagnosis, management and monitoring of asthma that are uncertain due to differences between current national guidelines.
The article has been...
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Last Updated: 10th April 2019
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Asthma UK is inviting applications for its 2018 Project Grants which will support research focused on developing tools for quick, accurate, scalable and low-cost diagnostics in asthma.
The grants are being launched with co-founder Innovate UK,...
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Last Updated: 31st January 2018
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An in-depth look at the many components of supported self-management in the Winter issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update could make you think differently about the time you spend with people who have long term conditions.
A range of articles...
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Last Updated: 19th January 2018
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NHS England has launched the NHS Smokefree Pledge, an update to the NHS Statement of Support for Tobacco Control.
The Pledge will prioritise treating tobacco dependence among patients and staff, delivering on the Five Year Forward View aim of...
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Last Updated: 12th January 2018
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently recruiting a member for the NICE committee to develop antimicrobial prescribing guidelines.
They are looking for individuals with expertise as a general practitioner to...
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Last Updated: 10th January 2018
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NHS RightCare, an NHS England supported programme committed to delivering the best care to patients as efficiently as possible, has published a pathway for COPD.
The pathway has been designed to help NHS organisations in England know what care...
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Last Updated: 9th January 2018
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The driving regulations for patients with sleep apnoea have been modified by the DVLA.
The new guidance updates a 2016 EU directive intended to harmonise the rules across the EU. The problem was this directive was poorly translated by UK...
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Last Updated: 5th January 2018
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Primary Care Respiratory Update produces a regular feature article where we explore how healthcare professionals can support self-management in a range of conditions. These include:-
December 2017: Dr Vince Mak describes a case...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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In these two articles from the December 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Dr Andrew Whittamore (Asthma UK) and Mr Mike McKevitt (British Lung Foundation) discuss tools and services available to support self-management in long term...
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In this article published in the December 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Professors' Hilary Pinnock and Stephanie Taylor discuss the evidence for self-management and provide answers to the most common questions arising about what...
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In this article from the December 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Alex Woodward discusses the development of a business case for, and implementation of, an integrated cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation service; and outlines the...
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Guest Editor’s Round-Up Carol Stonham
Chair’s Perspective Noel Baxter
Supported self-management for respiratory conditions in primary care Stephanie Taylor, Hilary Pinnock
Technology can revolutionise supported self-...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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This briefing was prepared initially for the benefit of our members, who are healthcare professionals working primarily in primary and community care with an interest in respiratory disease. It was intended to outline the similarities and...
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Last Updated: 7th December 2017
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Editor’s Round-Up Iain Small
Chair’s Perspective Noel Baxter
PCRS-UK 30th Anniversary Fran Robinson, Anne Smith, Iain Small
Treatment guidelines for COPD - Going for GOLD? Vince Mak
New tool...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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This article introduces the TARGET study algorithm paper, which reports development of a new clinical prediction algorithm designed to improve targeted antibiotic prescribing in children with respiratory tract infections....
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Last Updated: 28th August 2017
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2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS-UK). In this article we celebrate our journey from a small asthma interest group of just six GPs who shared a passion for improving asthma care and the role...
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Last Updated: 28th August 2017
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Treatment guidelines for COPD – Going for GOLD?’ is a consensus based article, that sets out a simple treatment pathway based on the predominant characteristics of COPD for an individual – whether symptoms or exacerbations...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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Key Knowledge, Skills and Training for Clinicians Providing Respiratory Care
People living with respiratory disease require a significant amount of support, guidance and intervention to manage their condition effectively. These...
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This centre-fold pull-out chart from the Spring 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update provides useful, succinct advice for healthcare professionals on appropriate tools to support respiratory diagnosis in primary care.
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Last Updated: 31st August 2017
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In this article from the Spring 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Carol Stonham discusses the difficulties of working in today's environment and highlights the increasing role and importance of peers to support each other through...
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Last Updated: 24th April 2017
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In this Delivering Excellence Locally article from the Spring 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Vikki Knowles reports on a pragmatic solution she has devised for training her colleagues to teh required standards of the new national...
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Last Updated: 24th April 2017
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In this feature Getting the Basics Right article from the Spring 2017 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, Dr Duncan Keeley discusses the role of microspirometry and peak flow to support the diagnosis of respiratory conditions in...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) with ‘asthmaxchange’ have developed learning modules that include some real-life histories to work through in the diagnosis, management and ongoing...
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Last Updated: 24th April 2017
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Achieving an accurate diagnosis may take time and involves working with patients to help support their understanding about why there isn't always a quick answer or an immediate prescription.
The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2017
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In this document, first published in the Autumn 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update and updated in 2018, PCRS-UK provides information on supporting smokers to quit, and how knowing and using the interventions available are the...
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Last Updated: 11th May 2018
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In this feature article produced in the Spring 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Noel Baxter explores how to help stratify people with asthma providing links to XML files you can access and use in your practice
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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In the Chair's Perspective feature of this edition of PCRU, Dr Noel Baxter discusses the importance of early and accurate diagnosis for respiratory conditions. Also featured is a centre-fold pull-out chart which provides useful and...
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Last Updated: 26th February 2019
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An excerpt from the December 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update which summarises prior PCRS-UK resources on recognising and diagnosing rarer lung conditions in primary care. The article has been edited by Dr Basil Penny and Dr...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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An excerpt from the December 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update with Bronwen Thompson in discussion with Monica Fletcher, Chief Executive, Education for Health and PCRS-UK members Dr Stephen Gaduzo and Judith Lawrence...
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Last Updated: 17th February 2017
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This short guide from the Primary Care Respiratory Update, Getting the Basics Right" series provides an essential update from Dr Noel Baxter on why a carbon monoxide test is an essential part of a GP and practice nurses's toolkit and...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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In this article published in the Autumn issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Fran Robinson talks to the PCRS-UK Tobacco Dependency Campaign Group about the role of the healthcare professional in treating tobacco dependency as a long-term...
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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In this article first published in Primary Care Respiratory Update (Dec 2016) Bronwen Thompson, Noel Baxter, Carol Stonham and Kevin Gruffydd-Jones discuss the latest results of the COPD audit managed in primary care in Wales.
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Last Updated: 3rd April 2017
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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...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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In this article for Primary Care Respiratory Update Jackie Dale describes how her inadvertent attendance at a PCRS-UK affiliated group leaders meeting led to the formation of the South Yorkshire Respiratory Group and successful meetings and events
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Last Updated: 3rd April 2017
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In this article for Primary Care Respiratory Update Fran Robinson talks to Sonia Simkins, Practice Manager in Rowley Regis on her innovative in-house stop smoking clinic which has helped free up clinical time and reduce ...
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Last Updated: 3rd April 2017
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In this article for Primary Care Respiratory Update Noel Baxter discusses why a carbon monoxide test is an essential part of a GP and practice nurse's kit
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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Fran Robinson talks to the PCRS-UK Tobacco Dependency Campaign Group about the role of the healthcare professional in treating tobacco dependency as a long-term relapsing condition that starts in childhood
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Last Updated: 12th April 2017
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Here Steph Wolfe provides valuable advice on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis. This article was first published in the June 2015 edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update.
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Last Updated: 26th February 2019
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Dr Lesley Ashton, North Shields, talks to Fran Robinson about hte guideline she has developed for referral for bronchiectasis and cough
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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In this article published in Primary Care Respiratory Update (Oct 2015) Carol Stonham describes the use and of FENO testing for diagnosing and monitoring asthma. There is also a slide set presented by Carol Stonham on FeNo at the PCRS...
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Last Updated: 29th November 2018
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In this article, Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones and Dr Katherine Hickman discuss how to best manage respiratory tract infections in primary care and how careful decisions should be made when prescribing antibiotics. This article...
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Last Updated: 29th March 2018
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Here Dr Noel Baxter describes some top tips for managing breathlessness. This resource was first published in the December 2015 edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update
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Last Updated: 3rd April 2017
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In this article for the Spring 2019 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update we provide an updated summary of PCRS advice on spirometry, it's use in primary care and how to get trained and certified in performing and/or interpreting the tests.
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Last Updated: 18th April 2019
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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...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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This wall chart, produced in the Spring 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update, provides succinct guidance on the key elements of a good respiratory review for people with asthma and COPD. The chart includes information on key issues around...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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This article from the Spring 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update discusses the PCRS-UK campaign to raise awareness of the importance of continuing education and training in supporting primary healthcare professionals to deliver high...
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Last Updated: 5th March 2019
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This article from the Summer 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update has been adapted from the PCRS-UK Guide to Undertaking Respiratory Audits in Primary Care written by Stephanie Austin and Andrew Booth. Ren Lawlor, Carol Stonham and...
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Last Updated: 29th July 2016
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In this feature article produced in the Summer 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Anne Rodman discusses how making relatively simple changes to practice templates to facilitate coding of key indicators has enabled a Birmingham practice to...
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Last Updated: 16th March 2017
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Deciding when to give rescue medication to a COPD patient for them to take if their symptoms deteriorate is an important part of the management of COPD. In this article, which featured in the Summer 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update...
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Last Updated: 29th July 2016
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This article, from our series of articles on Getting the Basics Right produced in the Spring 2016 (Issue 7) edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update provides simple steps and guidance on working with patients to ensure good inhaler technique.
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Last Updated: 5th March 2019
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Guest Editor’s Round-Up Anne Rodman
Chair's perspective: A reflection on my three years in office Stephen Gaduzo
Fit for the Future: a holistic approach to respiratory care Francesca Robinson...
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Last Updated: 20th December 2018
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A table listing the inhaled drugs, their role in practice, special note device options and cost.
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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Guest Editor’s Round-Up Ruth Thomas
Chair's perspective: Implementing our new direction Stephen Gaduzo
Primary Care Respiratory Society launches PCRS-UK Respiratory Academy Francesca Robinson
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Last Updated: 5th March 2019
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The governing bodies of most healthcare professional groups require healthcare professionals to record continuing professional development (CPD) and be able to provide detailed records to submit as part of the revalidation/accreditation...
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Last Updated: 20th April 2018
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This document provides advice and guidance to nurses working in primary care/community care who have an interest or responsibilities in respiratory medicine and wish to reflect this in their appraisal documentation. The checklist may help the...
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Last Updated: 26th May 2016
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Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: A new direction for PCRS-UK Stephen Gaduzo
Inspiring, thought provoking and challenging: the PCRS-UK 2015 national conference Francesca...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: The critical importance of diagnosis. Why we must get it right. Stephen Gaduzo
Nurses: Are you ready for revalidation? PCRS-UK is here to help...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: Why it is important that we continually strive to provide the best respiratory care for our patients Stephen Gaduzo
Expand your horizons at the premier...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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Editor’s Round-Up Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: Lessons on preventing exacerbations from the National COPD Audit Stephen Gaduzo
New approaches to care which help to prevent exacerbations...
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Last Updated: 20th September 2018
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This document provides advice and guidance to general practitioners working in primary care who have an interest or responsibilities in respiratory medicine and wish to reflect this in their appraisal documentation. Guidance is provided depending on...
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Last Updated: 26th May 2016
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This document acts as a checklist to help evaluate how much we know (or feel confident about) and can be used in collaboration with a friend or mentor to test our self-perceptions and identify areas for further development
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Last Updated: 26th May 2016
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Editor’s highlights Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: Whose health is it anyway? Don’t forget about me: successful approaches to working with patients Stephen Gaduzo
Was our conference as patient...
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Last Updated: 20th December 2018
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Welcome to this PCRS-UK inaugural edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update Hilary Pinnock
Chair's perspective: Why do people die from asthma – have we become complacent in primary care? Stephen Gaduzo
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Last Updated: 20th December 2018
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