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In this regular PCRU feature we explore cases of rarer lung conditions and their presentation.

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 Respiratory Update.

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.

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 Respiratory Update.

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.

Bronwen Thompson discusses the respiratory long-term plan for England with Professor Mike Morgan, National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease at NHS England.

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.

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 on the Muirhouse estate.

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 case. How would you respond?

Issue 16 of PCRU looks back over the year and looks forward to the future of respiratory care 

Issue 15 of PCRU examines the challenges of tackling multimorbidity in patients with respiratory disease and equality in patient populations.

Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Iain Small Chair’s Perspective: Influencing change Noel Baxter

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 University College (UCL) London.

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 illustrates how this delay to diagnosis impacts