Our patients live with their respiratory condition 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and by definition self-manage the vast majority of time.
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Taxonomy: Archive, News, Other, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: Archive, News, Other, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
November is Lung Cancer awareness month, a public health campaign to encourage people displaying the common symptoms of lung cancer, such as a persistent cough, breathlessness or unexplained weight loss, to visit their GP. Key facts about lung cancer:
Taxonomy: Archive, Asthma, News, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) has published its 2017 Adult Asthma Audit which focuses on hospital admissions of people with acute asthma. The audit examined data available for 4258 patients admitted to 171 hospitals.
Taxonomy: Archive, Asthma, News, Other organisation/charity produced
The BTS/SIGN British asthma guideline is due to be reviewed over the next two years, and they are looking for some new healthcare professionals to contribute to the review process.
The annual Stoptober campaign in England is embracing e-cigarettes for the first time and will feature vaping in its TV adverts.
Taxonomy: Archive, News, Oxygen, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
British Thoracic Society publishes first quality standards for adult home oxygen
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
Taxonomy: Archive, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, 1 hour
Special Features Editor’s Round-Up Iain Small Chair’s Perspective Noel Baxter PCRS-UK 30th Anniversary Fran Robinson, Anne Smith, Iain Small
Taxonomy: Archive, Clinical resource or information, Infection, PCRU, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
This article introduces the TARGET study algorithm paper, which reports development of a new clinical prediction algorithm designed to improve targeted antibiotic prescribing in children with respiratory tract infections.
Taxonomy: Archive, Other information, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS-UK).
Taxonomy: Archive, Asthma, COPD, Other, Professional development information, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
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.
PCRS-UK welcomes the Government’s new Tobacco Control Plan for England, “Towards a Smokefree Generation”, published this week. By 2022 the plan aims to:
Taxonomy: Archive, Inhaler devices, News, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The UK Inhaler Group (UKIG), which PCRS-UK is a member of, are working with Asthma UK to develop a comprehensive set of videos on correct inhaler technique. The videos would be available online and form a definitive, easily accessed resource for patients and healthcare professionals.
Taxonomy: Archive, Other information, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
RightCare has issued a call for CCGs to submit proposals for Quick wins.
The 1st July 2017 marks the tenth anniversary of the most important public health reform in generations – the ending of smoking in enclosed public places in England. This would be a great opportunity to focus on helping your patients to quit smoking.