For our final podcast of 2024 we present the perfect opportunity for you to reflect and consider what behaviour change means to you and your practice. Our host for this podcast is our very own Executive Chair, Dr Katherine Hickman (GP, and she is joined by Alicia Piwko (Respiratory Specialist Pharmacist) and Ren Lawlor (Independent Nurse Consultant…

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 ho…

Joining Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Executive Vice-Chair) for this podcast episode on Paediatric Viral Wheeze is Lisa Cummings (PCRS Education Committee member and Children and Young Peoples Senior Speciliast Asthma Practitioner) and Corinne Beirne (PCRS Education Committee member and Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Prac…

Joining Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member) is Darush Attar-Zadeh (Pharmacist and PCRS Committee Member) to talk about Very Brief Advice and how you can go about using it in your routine consultations. Using their extensive expertise in this topic, Steve and Darush share some examples of the types of questions that are appropriate to ask…

In this new episode from PCRS, Daryl Freeman (Associate Clinical Director, ICB Clinical Advisor and PCRS Committee Member) is joined by Ren Lawlor (Independent Nurse Consultant and PCRS Executive Vice-Chair), to discuss all things Fit to Care - the invaluable resource available from PCRS. During their conversation they touch on how and why Fit to C…

To help us understand more about this important topic, Carol Stonham (PCRS Policy Lead and Respiratory Nurse) is joined by Hannah Leatherland (Air Quality Education Projects Officer for Cheltenham Borough Council). Together they dive into what Hannah's role entails in Cheltenham, what the 'Care for our Air' initiative is that Hannah is working on a…

In the latest episode of the PCRS Podcast and perfectly timed for the return to school, Ren Lawlor (PCRS Executive Vice-Chair and Advanced Nurse Practitioner) is joined by Lisa Cummings (Children and Young Peoples Senior Speciliast Asthma Practitioner) and Corinne Beirne (Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Practice) to discuss what conversation…

What is a good COPD review? In this podcast Carol Stonham (Respiratory Nurse and PCRS Policy Forum Lead) answers this very important question with Bill Stubley (COPD Patient and PCRS Patient Representative). Bill shares his experiences of 16 years of living with COPD and what his annual reviews have been like, and between them Carol and Bill discus…

In this latest PCRS Podcast, Michelle O'Driscoll (Director of Nursing for NSHI and PCRS Service Development Committee member) talks to Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP and PCRS Education Committee member) about the intricacies of COPD and the co-morbidities regularly seen alongside it, how important it is for you to work collaboratively with your MDT to ensur…

In this episode we hear from Dr Aarti Bansal about the importance of Delivering Greener Kinder Respiratory Health with PCRS Executive Chair, Katherine Hickman. Aarti shares how she best communicates the importance of sustainable practices and together with Katherine they discuss how the key to delivering greener kinder respiratory health care is to…

In this Pulmonx Sponsored PCRS Podcast, Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP and PCRS Education Committee Member) is joined by Dr Neil Greening (Consultant Respiratory Physician in Leicester who leads one of the UK's largest LVR services) for a discussion about what Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) is, the prevalence of COPD and which patients should we aim t…

Tune into this podcast to hear from Rachel Daly, Lead Nurse - Airways, Manchester Airways Service who will discuss 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 s…

In this GSK Sponsored podcast Helena Cummings (Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist in a Severe Asthma Service in Hull, PCRS Executive Committee) is joined by Dr Hitasha Rupani (Respiratory Consultant, and Severe Asthma Centre Lead, Southampton) and Holly Hayward (Asthma Nurse Educator, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust) to discuss ho…

Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Execuvtive Vice-Chair) chats to Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member) about the vastly discussed topic of vaping and e-cigarettes. They touch on how for the older generations they can be used as a smoking cessation tool, but that there are serious concerns surrounding children and young peop…

Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Executive Sub-committee member) is joined by Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Executive Committee Vice-Chair) to begin important discussions around what a good asthma review for your patients looks, sounds and feels like. They touch on the importance of personalisation, being proactive, and how terminolo…

Join Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member) and Ren Lawlor (Independent Nurse Consultant and Vice-Chair of PCRS) who give their top tips for smoking cessation. They share their experience of supporting patients with advanced COPD and lung cancer to stop smoking. Their discussions also consider the behavioural, social and psychological barriers…

In this new series, for both existing and non-members of PCRS, we will be breifly discussing some pertinent respiratory topics. To kick things off and to mark National No Smoking Day on the 13th March, join Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Committee Member) and Ren Lawlor (Independent Nurse Consultant and Vice-Chair of PCRS) as they give a brief outline o…

In this PCRS Greener Healthcare Campaign podcast we have Tracey Lonergan, Shakeela Riaz and Amanda Roberts (PCRS Patient Reference Group) discussing their experiences with living with, and living with family members with respiratory disease. They will touch on how they deal with indoor and outdoor air quality, the changes that they have made in the…

In this episode we dive into the topic of breathing pattern disorder. Anna Spathis a Consultant working in Palliative Medicine is in conversation with Catherine Moffat - a specialist respiratory physiotherapist. They both work in the Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service (CBIS) - a specialist service for people with long term conditions liv…

This episode features Dr Fiona Mosgrove, GP with special interest in respiratory medicine, in conversation with Professor Robin Taylor, consultant physician with NHS Lanarkshire. Robin has in-depth experience of difficult prognostic conversations with patients with progressive lung disease. This insightful episode dives into why care in advanced lu…

Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP with special interest in respiratory medicine) is joined by Professor Mona Bafadhel (Director for King's Centre for Lung Health and Chair of Respiratory Medicine at King's College) and Christine Mwasuku (Research Nurse and First Year PhD candidate funded by Asthma+LungUK) to discuss lung health specifically in women. Their con…

Viv Marsh (Asthma Nurse Specialist) is joined by Amanda Roberts (PCRS Patient Reference Group and PCRS Education Committee Patient Representative) to discuss all things Asthma Action Plans in this episode of the PCRS Podcast. Amanda shares her experiences, hopes, and desires for what she would like to see in her own personal Asthma Action Plan and …

In this PCRS Podcast episode, Carol Stonham (Primary Care Nurse and PCRS Policy Lead) is in conversation with Amanda Roberts (PCRS Patient Reference Group and PCRS Education Committee Patient Representative) to delve into the positive and negative aspects of Amanda's asthma reviews of the past, discussing what could and should be better, and how a …

In the final podcast of the PCRS One Airway, One disease series we focus on the treatment of allergic rhinitis and real-life application using British and European guidelines. Corinne Beirne (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Children and Young Persons Asthma Lead) and Dr Glenis Scadding (Honorary Consultant Allergist and Rhinologist at the Royal Nat…

In this first episode of our PCRS One Airway, One Disease Podcasts Series, we are joined by Dr Steve Holmes (GP, Somerset) and Frances Barrett (Respiratory Nurse Specialist, NI) who discuss the prevalence, pathology, and the significance in treating patients with Allergic Rhinitis. PCRS is grateful to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Limited for the…

The second episode in our PCRS One Airway, One Disease Podcast series is hosted by Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner, London) who is joined by Katherine Hickman (GP, Bradford) to discuss the differential diagnosis, identification, and recognition of allergic rhinitis with real life application. They cover what you can do in your consultations…

In this PCRS Podcast Dr Steve Holmes (GP and PCRS Executive Committee Member) is joined by Dr Robina Coker (Consultant & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London, and Clinical Director of the NationaI Institute of Health Research (NIHR) London North West Clinical Research Network) to talk …

Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is the topic of discussion in this episode of the PCRS Podcast. Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP and PCRS Education Committee Member) is joined by Dr Charlie Sharp (Consultant in Respiratory Medicine) an expert in ILD, who offers fantastic insight into what things you should be looking for in the history of a patient, the impor…

In the next of the PCRS Greener Healthcare Campaign Podcasts and to celebrate Clean Air Day 2022, Carol Stonham (PCRS Executive Chair) is joined by Professor Sir Stephen Holgate (Medical Research Council Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, Southampton; Respiratory Physician and UKRI Clean Air Champion). They discuss…

In this episode of the PCRS Podcast Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP and PCRS Education Committee Member) discusses the complexities of Severe and Difficult Asthma with Dr Tom Fardon (Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine at NHS Tayside, Chair of the National Advisory Group for Respiratory Medicine in Scotland, Clinical Lead for th…

In this PCRS Greener Healthcare Campaign podcast Carol Stonham, PCRS Executive Chair is joined by Ren Lawlor, PCRS Education Lead to discuss their Top Ten Tips for ensuring successful and meaningful virtual consultations with your patients.

In this podcast Carol Stonham, PCRS Executive chair, and Ren Lawlor, PCRS education lead discuss the PCRS publication Fit to Care, which provides information on the skills, knowledge and training required to effectively and appropriately manage patients with respiratory disease in primary and intermediate care no matter what your profession is. The…

Carol Stonham (Primary Care Nurse and PCRS Executive Chair) is joined by Ren Lawlor (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Education Committee Chair) to discuss the contents of the children and young people asthma care bundle are and what it means to you in clinical practice. They delve into the five core components of the document and share their t…

Katherine Hickman (GP - Bradford, Respiratory Lead for West Yorkshire and Harrogate ICS, and PCRS Vice-Chair) is joined by Daryl Freeman (Associate Clinical Director for Norfolk Community Health and Care and PCRS Service Development Lead) and Vince Mak (Consultant Physician in Respiratory Integrated Care at Imperial College Healthcare Trust) to dis…

Valerie Gerrard (Nurse Practitioner in Norfolk) joins Dr Steve Holmes (GP in Somerset) to discuss some of the issues around frailty and older people, using the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale and the importance of de-prescribing medication in the elderly.

In this short podcast Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss the diagnosis of asthma, it's challenges and issues and explore the best practice clinical assessment and objective testing required to make a diagnosis in the different patient groupsAf Primary Care Respiratory Society

In this episode Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss optimising inhaler use and inhaler therapies. They share tips and advice on selecting inhalers taking into account important factors to be considered. Have you got views on inhalers? Tell us about them at info@pcrs-uk.orgAf Primary Care Respiratory Society

Following on from their discussions around risk stratification in Asthma, in this PCRS podcast Jane Scullion and Steve Holmes explore risk stratification in COPD and highlight the red flags that might make you think that somebody with COPD is at risk.Af Primary Care Respiratory Society

In this latest PCRS podcast, Daryl Freeman discusses respiratory care in Norfolk and how in her role as Associate Clinical Director for Norfolk Community Health and Care she's striving to standardise care across Norfolk and Waveney, and trying to bring primary, secondary and community care together and improve respiratory pathways for patients with…

In this short episode Jane Scullion and Dr Steve Holmes discuss the use of rescue packs in asthma and COPD. They challenge current views and perceptions on the use of rescue packs and explore the evidence around their use.

Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss the challenges of diagnosing COPD in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. How can we best pick up those patients who have developed COPD, should we be using spirometry? Grab a coffee, put your feet up and listen in.

In this short podcast Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss risk stratification in asthma management and explore how it can help identify asthma patients most at risk of a life-threatening asthma event. They explore what data to extract to help identify these patients.

In this short podcast Dr Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion discuss respiratory consultations and the merits and top tips for good remote consultations

Jane Scullion (Respiratory Nurse Consultant, University Hospitals of Leicester) joins Dr Steve Holmes (General Practitioner, Somerset) to discuss Post COVID Syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis and management in this latest episode of the PCRS podcast.

Jane Scullion and Dr Steve Holmes return to discuss the aforementioned topic of shielding and whether its legacy has been predictable and the longer term impact of deconditioning on respiratory health.

In this episode specialist respiratory nurses Viv Marsh (Paediatric Asthma Nurse Specialist, Dudley, West Midlands), Rebecca Bryson (Children's Respiratory Nurse specialising in Asthma and Allergy, Arrowe Park Teaching Hospital, The Wirral) and Lesley Kennedy (Asthma and Allergy Nurse Specialist, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Irel…

Professor James Chalmers (British Lung Foundation Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee) joins Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer with the General Practice team at the University of Aberdeen) for this latest PCRS podcast to discuss the diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis in primary care and its prevalence in the…

Welcome to the first in a series of Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) podcasts, where today we will hear Darush Attar-Zadeh a community pharmacist, PCRS Executive Committee Member, and Asthma Right Care specialist, undertaking a follow up consultation with asthma patient Nicky Coote. This is the first time Darush has met Nicky to undertake an…