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Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Tobacco smoking and nicotine Status: Current

Knowing how to use Very Brief Advice to instigate a quit attempt and supporting smokers who are ready to quit is the business of every healthcare professional.Treating tobacco dependency systematically and effectively will have a significant impact on the triple aim:

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Behaviour change Status: Current

In this article, Katherine discusses how small changes can have big impacts on creating new habits and supporting health.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Health inequalities, Tobacco smoking and nicotine Status: Current

In February 2020, the Institute of Health Equity published its landmark report, Marmot Review 10 Years On. It highlighted that for the first time in 100 years, life expectancy has failed to increase across the country, and for the poorest 10% of women it has actually declined. The report went on to state that in the last decade, health inequalities have widened overall, and the amount of time people spend in poor health has increased since 2010.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Asthma, COPD, Greener Healthcare, Health inequalities Status: Current

This article explores the impact of the environment on the health of people with asthma and COPD and focuses on two key areas, indoor (home) and outdoor pollutants and severe weather extremes such as heat waves or very cold weather

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Other Status: Current

Primary care should seek to identify and provide proactive support to older people living with frailty. An extended consultation should be considered that should ideally include the patient’s usual carer to enable a comprehensive review, confirmation of current diagnoses, and review of all medications.

Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Allergy, Asthma Status: Current

In this article Lisa Cummings, Queens Nurse, CYP Specialist Asthma Practitioner and PCRS Education Committee member, discusses the management of asthma and atopy in children and young people focusing on perennial and allergic rhinitis, it’s impact on asthma and top tips for reducing symptoms and improving control.

Time to review: 15 minutes
Type: PCRU Clinical Area: Respiratory tests and investigations Status: Current

In this article, the authors provide a pragmatic consensus approach to calculating and interpreting peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) variability and reversibility from peak flow diary recordings for asthma diagnosis. This guide is intended for healthcare professionals working in primary care. Please see the links in the references for more information on the evidence and value of peak flow monitoring

Time to review: 30 minutes
Type: Videos / Webinars Clinical Area: Health inequalities Status: Current

In June's In Conversation webinar we are joined by Dr Llinos Jones, who is a Consultant Respiratory Physician with a specialist interest in asthma and Clinical Lead for Physician Associates at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust.Llinos is passionate about tackling health Inequalities and has created a number of fantastic multilingual resources in order to support asthma patients. During this webinar Llinos talks about how we can improve our patients care and understanding by overcoming cultural and language barriers.Some useful handouts courtesy of Llinos: