
Primary Care Respiratory Society
Episodes
55 episodes
Accountability and Responsibility
Join us for our next PCRS Podcast with our Executive Chair, Dr Katherine Hickman, and our guest Beverley Bostock (Nurse Practitioner and PCRS Executive Committee Member).During this recording Katherine and Bev will explore where the resp...
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Health Inequalities: Health Literacy and Understanding
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.Throughout this conversation Katherine and Llinos highligh...
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Tobacco Dependency
Join Frances Barrett (Respiratory Nurse Specialist and PCRS Service Development Committee Member) and Darush Attar-Zadeh (Clinical Fellow Pharmacist and PCRS Executive Committee Member) as they dive into the incredibly important topic of Tobacc...
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Virtual Wards
Joining Dr Daryl Freeman (PCRS Executive Committee Member, Associate Clinical Director with Norfolk Community Health and Care, and Respiratory ICB Lead for Norfolk and Waveney) on this episode of the PCRS Podcast is Professor Mike Crooks (Profe...
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Bronchiectasis and New Treatments
Hosting our first podcast of 2025 is our very own PCRS Education Committee member Dr Fiona Mosgrove (GP with special interest in respiratory medicine) who is joined by Professor James Chalmers (Asthma and Lung UK Chair of Respiratory Research) ...
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Supporting Behaviour Change
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, a...
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Challenging Conversations Regarding SABA Reliance
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 ...
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Paediatric Viral Wheeze
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 Practit...
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How to use VBA (Very Brief Advice) in a routine consultation
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 expert...
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Fit to Care - What is it and how can it help you?
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 -...
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Raising Awareness of Green Issues in Schools and Housing
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 wh...
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Children and Young People and Schools
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 Pract...
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How to undertake a really good COPD review, conversation with HCP and patient
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 o...
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COPD and co-morbidities
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-morbiditi...
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Delivering Greener Kinder Respiratory Health
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 practice...
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Lung Volume Reduction for COPD - a Pulmonx Sponsored PCRS Podcast
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 abo...
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Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis
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 importanc...
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Improving patient identification and referral pathways for severe asthma - a GSK Sponsored PCRS Podcast
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)...
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Vaping and E-cigarettes
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...
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A Good Asthma Review
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, ...
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25:58

Top Tips for Smoking Cessation
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 ...
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Very Brief Advice (VBA)
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 Committe...
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Greener Healthcare Campaign - Air Quality and Respiratory Disease from the Perspective of Patients
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.
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