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In association with Sandoz, we are delighted to be hosting a new webinar series on asthma care Inhaler technique optimisation and adherence through patient partnership: use of technology, coaching of soft skills and how medicine reviews can help with this

In association with Sandoz, we are delighted to be hosting this webinar series on asthma care In the third of our new series of insightful webinars, Laura Rush will discuss the importance of making every contact with a patient count. Learning outcomes for this webinar will include;

As we prepare to enter another wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections whilst we continue to deal with the backlog of patients who have had their treatments and assessments delayed by the pandemic, what is challenging the NHS even more are the long-term effects following SARS-CoV-2 infection – so called “long COVID”. In this short article Dr Vince Mak provides guidance on referral criteria for Long COVID.

Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update. In this publication, and in keeping with the weather outside, we are providing a focus on climate, Global Warming, and the environment. The balance of good and potential harm that comes with the delivery of respiratory care to our patients is a precarious one. It would be tempting to think of the solution in simple, even polarised terms- ‘this inhaler good, this bad’, but as you will see from the three superb pieces we are publishing here, the situation is much more complex than that.

This pragmatic guide has been developed based on the work of the PCRS Greener Healthcare Working Group. In 2020, the PCRS Greener Healthcare Initiative brought together respiratory healthcare professionals working in primary and secondary care setting, public health specialist, patient advocacy organisations, patient representative, policy influences, service users and decision makers as well as representatives from the pharmaceutical industry.

The necessary restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have created a backlog of patients in primary care who have perhaps delayed coming forward with respiratory health concerns, whose respiratory condition has worsened during lockdown and those whose assessment or treatment has been delayed. As we emerge from this seismic shift in primary healthcare provision, there is an urgent need to work through this backlog of patients.

In this article authors Daryl Freeman and Noel Baxter discuss some top tips you can implement locally to make the case for and influence others positively in support of greener respiratory healthcare.

PCRS have issued a position statement on strategies to care for patients with respiratory disease and frailty in the community setting. Frailty is thought to affect around 10% of those aged over 65 years and up to half of those aged over 85 years. The health and social care needs of these vulnerable patients can be complex and require a holistic approach that should involve confirmation of current diagnoses and review of all medications giving consideration to the goals of treatment, likely benefits and likely side effects.