NICE guidance is integral to the clinical care that we offer as Health Care Professionals (HCPs).
Taxonomy: Clinical resource or information, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, 1 hour
Taxonomy: Behaviour change, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Service development and improvement, 1 hour
Quality Improvement (QI) helps us identify what works well and where we can make changes. In primary care, we don't have time or resources to spend on things that don't work, don't serve our patients, and that could be done more efficiently or effectively.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Clinical resource or information, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Standard
accuRx has created a FeNO template to send to patients prior to their appointment via text message. For information on what's included and how to find the template, have a look at the guidance document below.
Taxonomy: Clinical resource or information, Current, Health inequalities, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Standard, 30 minutes
This may include an understanding of the benefits of having a FeNO test, including:
Taxonomy: Current, Health inequalities, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Service development and improvement, Advanced, 1 hour
Language can play a big barrier in healthcare delivery – for example, by preventing people accessing healthcare in an effectively and timely way, preventing people understand what they need to do to support their own self-management, or by preventing people from understanding their treatment and
Taxonomy: Clinical resource or information, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, 30 minutes, Advanced
These templates are only available to EMIS and TPP users – they are not available to MicroTest and Vision users.
Taxonomy: Asthma, Clinical resource or information, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, 1 hour
The AHSN Network supported the spread of FeNO testing across primary care in England from April 2021 to March 2023, led by Wessex AHSN as the lead AHSN. This programme was delivered as part of the NHS England Accelerated Access Collaborative Rapid Uptake Programme.
The Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP) have now updated their advice on how to reduce the risk of spreading viral respiratory infections when performing aerosol-generating procedures (AEGs) such as spirometry in primary care settings.
Taxonomy: Clinical resource or information, COPD, Current, Respiratory tests and investigations, Service development and improvement
The one-minute sit to stand test (1-MSTST) has become the test of choice during the pandemic for measuring exercise capacity, both at in-person and virtual appointments due to the inability to conduct robust six minute or incremental / endurance shuttle walk tests (6MWT/ ISWT/ ESWT).
Taxonomy: Asthma, COPD, Current, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, 1 hour
Can Only Plan Daily - COPD is a serious disease needing the right diagnosis and treatment with the person’s need sitting front and centre.
Taxonomy: COVID-19, Current, Infection, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, Winter Wrapped, 1 hour
This 'Get Winter Wrapped' issue focuses on the twin challenges of winter pressures and coping with COVID-19.
Taxonomy: COPD, COVID-19, Current, Member Only, Podcasts, Respiratory tests and investigations, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss the challenges of diagnosing COPD in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.They explore how can we best pick up those patients who have developed COPD, should we be using spirometry?Grab a coffee, put your feet up and listen in.
Taxonomy: Allergy, Asthma, Current, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations
This edition of PCRU features guest editor Nicola Strandring-Brown, a primary care nurse working in South Yorkshire and PCRS Committee Member.
Originally presented at the PCRS Respiratory Conference 2021 Gillian Austin presents on "What is Disordered Breathing and How Do You Deal with It?"
Originally presented at the PCRS Respiratory Conference 2021 Dominika Froehlich-Jeziorek presents on "Conducting Virtual Respiratory Reviews in Primary Care and Community"