Dr Erika Kennington, Head of Research and Innovation at The Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership outlines ho

How can primary care help schools manage asthma better?

Dr Katherine Hickman, GP, Vice-Chair of the Primary Care Respiratory Society, and Primary Care Lead for the National Asth

In this article we discuss how to incorporate environmental considerations when selecting inhaler devices for patients newly diagnosed with respiratory disease.

As of April 2021, regional health and care needs in England will be coordinated through Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) (https://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/what-is-integrated-care/).

Monica Fletcher OBE and Advocacy Lead at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research

For over a year many medical tests, including spirometry, have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

“As the world returns to normal, we can’t go back to busines as usual” reads the headline on the Earth Day website.

This report presents results from an analysis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primary care data in Wales from the second round of the Welsh primary care audit compon

The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) broadly welcomes the proposed reforms set out in the new Government Health White Paper,

Press Release from The University of Edinburgh

For a year from early March UKHACC Director Nicky Philpott will be seconded to the Greener NHS team, which is working to deliver NHS England’s target to become carbon-neutral by 2040. During this time the Alliance will appoint another director to lead their work.

While the focus of primary care services is rightly on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations it’s important we don’t lose sight of our longer term ambitions for improving the nations lung health.

This online symposium is aimed at general internal medical and respiratory specialists, GPs, Doctors in training, allied health care professionals and medical students. Topics include: