For our final podcast of 2024 we present the perfect opportunity for you to reflect and consider what behaviour change means to you and your practice.
It is time for our final PCRS in Conversation webinar of 2024. To mark the occasion we have special guest Katya Miles, aka The Working Well Doctor, to chat to Katherine and share with you all how to work well, and support your wellbeing.
This year’s conference was a resounding success, cementing its place as a highlight in the PCRS calendar.
The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) advocates that:
A study published in The Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are living with obesity. The relationship between obesity and respiratory health is complex, involving mechanical, inflammatory, and metabolic factors.
Breathlessness is a common presenting symptom in primary care, and there are many causes.Early and accurate diagnosis is critical to ensuring patients receive the right treatment at the earliest opportunity.
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) came out a decade ago, yet as a nation, we still have the highest asthma death rate in Europe - four times that of Italy or the Netherlands. This is unsurprising, considering many patients still rely on their blue inhalers alone.
On the 28th November the joint National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) will publish their long-awaited single guideline on asthma diagnosis, monitoring and management.
The webinar will be held on Wednesday 15th January 2025 at 19:00 for 30 minutes.
This webinar featured short presentations and discussions from our amazing and vastly experienced panel: Carol Stonham, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Deborah Leese, Helena Cummings and Darush Attar-Zadeh, chaired by our Executive Vice-Chair Ren Lawlor.
It is time for our final PCRS in Conversation webinar of 2024. To mark the occasion we have special guest Katya Miles, aka The Working Well Doctor, to chat to Katherine and share with you all how to work well, and support your wellbeing.
This is a high-level summary of what the new BTS/NICE/SIGN Asthma: diagnosis monitoring and chronic asthma management guideline means for you as a primary healthcare professional and what steps you need to take to implement it effectively.
New BTS/NICE/SIGN Guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management 2024Today (27th November) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegi
Joining Ren Lawlor (PCRS Executive Vice-Chair and Advanced Nurse Practitioner) in this PCRS podcast episode is Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member).
We are pleased to mark World COPD Day with an introductory webinar on the new COPD risk slider*. We are also highlighting our COPD resources including animations, position statement and podcasts.