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

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.

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

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.

In May's instalment of In Conversation we were joined by Ian Sinha, Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician and Honorary Professor of Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool to discuss the topic of health inequalities and their impact on childhood asthma.

In June's In Conversation webinar we will be 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.

In May's instalment of In Conversation we will be joined by Ian Sinha, Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician and Honorary Professor of Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool to discuss the topic of health inequalities and their impact on childhoo

Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients they are seeing with ill health due to the wider determinants of health, such as living in mouldy or damp homes, employment, poor air quality or education, a census has revealed –

Our first webinar in this series was held on Wednesday 31st January 2024. Chaired by Dr Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), the focus was on the topic of Health Inequalities with guest speaker Ren Lawlor.

Tackling smoking, reducing air pollution, improving access to healthcare for those experiencing health inequality and an improved focus on research and development to fit the needs of people experiencing health inequality should be the priorities for systems wanting to make respiratory health out

Our first webinar in this series will be held on Wednesday 31st January 2024 at 19:30 for 30 minutes. Chaired by Dr Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), we will focus on the topic of Health Inequalities with guest speaker Ren Lawlor.

As part of our ongoing work around health inequalities, we have produced a short video resource on poverty and poor housing, and its impact on respiratory health.