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 it is and how we as healthcare professionals can su

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 outcomes and learning points.

Recommendations for primary care include:

Today is World COPD Day, an annual campaign organised by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease GOLD), to improve awareness and care of patients with COPD around the world.

More than two thirds of PCRS-UK members use the GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) guideline for the diagnosis, management and prevention of COPD, or a local variation of GOLD, as their management pathway for COPD, according to a survey conducted by PCRS-UK in June

People living with respiratory disease require a significant amount of support, guidance and intervention to manage their condition effectively. These interventions need to be delivered by clinicians with an appropriate level of expertise in this field.

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.

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 primary care.

FOCUS ON INTEGRATED RESPIRATORY EDUCATION Respiratory Education Training Day Wednesday 17 May 2017 13.00 - 17.00 hrs (Lunch included) Trinity Park Conference & Event Centre, Ipswich IP3 8UH

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 on the new certification

It recommends that primary care must work in a much more integrated way with secondary care in order to more effectively manage the needs of this vulnerable group of patients. Audit data collated during 2014 shows that:

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.

The report, which follows publication of a Welsh primary care audit report last month, combines publically available data from 2014-15 for England w

The UK Inhaler Group (UKIG), of which PCRS-UK is a member, is calling for an official ‘blue’ colour code convention to be introduced for inhaled reliever medications.

While the National COPD audit has been running for several years, this is the first report based on primary care data to be published.