An opinion sheet detailing the signs and symptoms every healthcare professional should be aware of, including red flag symptoms, to aid the diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care
This opinion sheet provides practical guidance and tips on the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in primary care and the responsibilities of the healthcare professional when TB is diagnosed.
An opinion sheet providing information on the social and lifestyle impact of COPD on patients and their carers and advice on how primary care clinicians can help
A protocol providing guidance on the use of telephone consultations for routine asthma review. This document is presented in Microsoft WordTM format to allow for local adaptation
An opinion sheet describing the diagnosis, treatment and referral requirements for bronchiectasis in primary care
LTC and respiratory IT support systems
This worksheet focuses on key findings of the National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) and offers some simple steps you can take in your practice to help ensure your patients with asthma are receiving optimal care such as structured review, personalised action plans, and appropriate training
An opinion sheet providing information and advice on assessing fitness to fly for passengers with lung disease
This PCRS-UK practice improvement worksheet provides a simple flow chart to aid healthcare practitioners in the diagnosis of asthma in children. It includes links to other related resources and materials.
EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine. This module focuses on prevalence, early and accurate diagnosis of asthma and COPD
EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine.
This PGD has been developed for use by primary care nures in the supply/administration of salbutamol to adults and children of 2 years of age and older presenting with an acute episode of uncontrolled asthma.
This worksheet aims to provide practices with succinct advice on the accurate diagnosis of COPD. The worksheet includes a simple flow-chart to follow and sign-posts to other relevant PCRS-UK materials (hover over words to find links and simply click)
The COPD discharge care bundle is a short list of evidence-based actions which should be implemented prior to discharge for all patients who have been admitted with an acute exacerbation of COPD
This worksheet aims to provide some simple strategies to help identify high-impact COPD and support patients and carers