Respiratory disease is to feature as a priority clinical area in a new 10 year NHS plan being developed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) has been invited to nominate a GP to represent its members on the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS).

Researcher Leah Jayes, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nottingham, is seeking respiratory interested healthcare professionals to help with a British Lung Foundation funded study into osteoporosis and fracture risk in patients with COPD.

Clinicians are complacent about SABA overuse, ignoring evidence that excessive prescribing can cause asthma deaths, a new study in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine has revealed.

Patients may accidentally inhale the mouthpiece of a pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) or objects that have become trapped inside the device if it is not used or stored correctly, the medicines regulator has warned.

NICE has published new draft guidance recommending benralizumab (Fasenra, AstraZeneca) for people who have severe eosinophilic asthma.

Patients with difficult and severe asthma are often failing to get the specialist assessment, support and treatment they need, says a new report by Asthma UK.

Smokers are being left without support to quit as figures show that the number of prescriptions for stop smoking aids in England have dropped by 75% in the last decade. 

Offering personalised interventions to high risk patients with COPD to enhance their inhaler technique could both improve health outcomes and save around £748 a year, say researchers.

Two important new NICE consultations on new COPD guidance have been published.

More mesothelioma patients are receiving active treatment with chemotherapy but just 7% are alive three years after being diagnosed, finds a new report from the Royal College of Physicians and Mesothelioma UK.

The number of adult smokers in England has dropped by around 1.6m, the latest Government figures show.

New guidance on the safe use of rechargeable e-cigarettes has been published by the National Fire Chiefs Council.

Getting a project underway and making it happen was the focus of the June meeting of the Respiratory Clinical Leadership workshop.

A major new report from the Royal College of Physicians calls for everyone working in the health service to identify smokers and help them to quit, a policy supported by PCRS.