Podcasts on asthma

This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers suicide and suicide prevention in long-term respiratory conditions.

This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers the impact of respiratory disease on mental health.

This podcast is part of the PCRS 2025 health inequalities project and covers the impact of mental health and respiratory disease in current and ex-prisoners..

In this podcast Fiona Mosgrove (PCRS Education lead) and Tom Fardon (Consultant Physician) discuss asthma biologics and how they can support effective severe asthma care. It compliments and covers PCRS's asthma desktop helper which aims to support primary healthcare professionals with their knowledge of biologics and how to identify patients who would benefit from them. During this recording Fiona and Tom explore:

In this episode of the PCRS Podcast our Executive Chair, Dr Katherine Hickman, is joined by Dr Llinos Jones, Consultant Respiratory Physician with a specialist interest in asthma.Llinos is passionate about tackling health Inequalities and has created a number of fantastic multilingual resources in order to support asthma patients. During this conversation Llinos and Katherine discuss how we can improve our patients' care and understanding by overcoming cultural and language barriers.

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).Data and reports prove that SABA overuse is an indicator of poorly controlled asthma - so what conversations do we need to have in order for that to change?Tune in to this podcast to hear how Ren and Steve break down those challenging conversations and provide you with the tips and advice required to ensure that your patients are being diagnosed and treated in the best ways possible. 

In this children and young people and schools episode of the PCRS Podcast, Ren Lawlor (PCRS Executive Vice-Chair and Advanced Nurse Practitioner) is joined by Lisa Cummings (Children and Young Peoples Senior Specialist Asthma Practitioner) and Corinne Beirne (Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Practice).Together, they discuss the important conversations that need to happen with teachers, school nurses, and administrators to ensure the right care is in place for children and young people with asthma.

In this episode we hear from Rachel Daly, Lead Nurse - Airways, Manchester Airways Service who discuss will the topic of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis with PCRS Executive Chair, Katherine Hickman. The discussion covers the importance of treating rhinitis and allergic rhinitis in patients who present with symptoms related to conditions such as asthma and upper airway conditions including inducible laryngeal obstruction and breathing pattern disorder.