The PCRS Patient Reference Group (PRG) is a small group of people with respiratory conditions who support PCRS to ensure that we always try to embed the patient perspective in our work and consider the holistic management of patients.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Other, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Have you booked your place at this year’s conference yet? Early bird registration is now open for you to secure your place and join us in Telford for the UK’s leading respiratory conference for clinicians working in primary, community, and integrated care.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
This pragmatic guide focuses on the ongoing management of adults and children with severe asthma receiving biologic therapy and has been developed by an expert group led by Will Carroll, University Hospital of the North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent and including Ernie Wong, Imperial College Healthcar
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In an ideal world, asthma review appointments will be between 20 to 30 minutes in duration. But we are not living in an ideal world.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has for the first time approved the use of a dual (ICS/beta-agonist) combination treatment to be prescribed as a reliever therapy for people aged 12 and over with the therapy choice situated early in the asthma treatment pathway as an
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
To consider how and when we use FeNO testing, we need to go to the definition of asthma. Both BTS/SIGN1 and GINA2 define it as a predominantly inflammatory disorder of the airways with airway hyperresponsiveness and variability in symptoms.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, PCRU, Respiratory tests and investigations, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The common chronic respiratory disorders diagnosed in primary care—asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—are both characterised by airway obstruction.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Publication, Standard, Treating Tobacco Dependency, Uncategorised
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Clinical resource or information, Current, Other organisation/charity produced, Respiratory tests and investigations, Standard
accuRx has created a FeNO template to send to patients prior to their appointment via text message. For information on what's included and how to find the template, have a look at the guidance document below.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, PCRU, Standard
According to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) asthma control is assessed in two domains: symptom control and risk of adverse outcomes. Poor symptom control is budensome to patients and increases the risk of exacerbations, but patients with good symptom control can still have sev