This webinar featured short presentations and discussions from our amazing and vastly experienced panel: Carol Stonham, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Deborah Leese, Helena Cummings and Darush Attar-Zadeh, chaired by our Executive Vice-Chair Ren Lawlor.

This document is a distillation of the new guidance to provide distinct advice on the changes on the diagnosis and management to asthma. It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide of the new guideline, neither does it cover all non-pharmacological treatments or on-going monitoring. We recommend you use the links to resources provided throughout to obtain more detailed information and guidance.It focuses on the following aspects of the patient journey for both adults and children and young people:

Joining Ren Lawlor (PCRS Executive Vice-Chair and Advanced Nurse Practitioner) in this PCRS podcast episode is Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member).Data and reports prove that SABA overuse is an indicator of poorly controlled asthma - so what conversations do we need to have in order for that to change?Tune in to this podcast to hear how Ren and Steve break down those challenging conversations and provide you with the tips and advice required to ensure that your patients are being diagnosed and treated in the best ways possible. 

Aimed at primary care respiratory leaders, this blueprint document provides 10 tips for contacting your local MP about environmental issues. It offers a step by step guide on how to contact, engage and lobby your local MP on greener respiratory healthcare, as well as provides a template letter which can be used to make that initial contact. 

This webinar, chaired by Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), introduced the new PCRS/AZ COPD risk slider in November 2024 to mark World COPD Day. Katherine, along with guest speakers Darush Attar-Zadeh (Pharmacist) and Steve Holmes (GP) introduces the new COPD risk slider and provides a demonstration on how it can be used effectively within a consultation. The new COPD risk slider supports healthcare professionals and pharmacists to:

The COPD risk slider is a tool which can be easily used by primary care healthcare professionals in their normal 10-20 minute consultation to assess exacerbation risk in their COPD patients. It will support healthcare professionals and pharmacists to:

Joining Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Executive Vice-Chair) for this podcast episode on Paediatric Viral Wheeze is Lisa Cummings (PCRS Education Committee member and Children and Young Peoples Senior Specialist Asthma Practitioner) and Corinne Beirne (PCRS Education Committee member and Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Practice).As we enter a challenging season for healthcare, we discuss the serious risks of paediatric viral wheeze, the severe consequences of poorly managed symptoms, and practical advice on how you can ensure the best possible care.

After a short break the In Conversation webinar series is back and for October we were joined by Professor Tom Wilkinson, who is the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) Clinical Lead (among many other things including Professor of Respiratory Medicine at University of Southampton).The National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) for England and Wales aims to improve the quality of care, services, and clinical outcomes for people with respiratory disease (including Asthma and COPD).

In this podcast PCRS Committee Members Dr Steve Holmes (GP) and Darush Attar-Zadeh (Pharmacist) to talk about Very Brief Advice and how you can go about using it in your routine consultations.Using their extensive expertise in this topic, Steve and Darush share examples of the types of questions that are appropriate to ask your patients and how best to deal with the responses you might receive.Very Brief Advice should be exactly that - brief - and in this podcast you will learn some great tips and tricks as to how to best approach and work through a VBA conversation.