PCRS-UK News

Primary Care Respiratory Society UK National Primary Care Respiratory Conference

26th-27th September 2014

Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire

Sharing success: inspiring excellence in respiratory care

Embedded in day-to-day practice, our 2014 conference will address key respiratory issues for primary care and help you understand how you can put the patient at the centre of care and still make the necessary cost savings.

With sessions focused at different levels — from the individual clinical consultation through to the commissioning of more specialist services — this conference aims to inspire all members of the primary care respiratory team. It will provide you with the knowledge, examples and skills to help your team navigate the path to quality respiratory care and inspire excellence locally:

  • Patient-centred, essential clinical updates from leading experts — helping you to provide the right care for your patients, in the right place, at the right time

  • “Quality in Practice” sessions tackling key service delivery changes

  • Cutting edge research sessions run in conjunction with the Primary Care Respiratory Journal

  • Thought-provoking, entertaining keynote plenaries — including the ever-popular case-based Grand Round session

  • Presentations and posters with a focus on sharing and implementing best practice examples to meet QIPP targets

Renowned for its friendly and informal atmosphere, the PCRS-UK conference is a great opportunity to hear from and meet the leading experts in the field, network with like-minded colleagues, and share best practice.

Excellent value for money

Registration fees for PCRS-UK premium members* start from just £149 for nurses and £199 for GPs/other NHS professionals, inclusive of the conference dinner and lunches.

Abstracts

Visit our conference website for more information on abstracts at http://www.pcrs-uk.org/abstracts

Register Now

For more information and details on how to register visit our conference pages on the PCRS-UK website at http://www.pcrs-uk.org/pcrs-uk-annual-conference

The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS-UK) is grateful to the following sponsors of the 2014 conference: Almirall Limited, Boehringer Ingelheim Limited, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis UK and Orion Pharma (UK) Limited.

Becoming a member of PCRS-UK

Whether you're a primary care nurse searching for tried and tested protocols, a GP looking for guidance on COPD diagnosis and management, or a respiratory specialist interested in the latest research, it pays to become a member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK. And with our new contemporary website offering new and improved functionality later in the year there's never been a better time to join.

As a member you'll have unlimited access to a wealth of specialist respiratory care information including newly published resources such as our new opinion sheets on tailoring inhaler choice and cost-effective prescribing.

Join today and get the support of the UK's leading respiratory-care specialists

Membership packages available from as little as £27.00 per year

Great reasons to join PCRS-UK today

  • Make life easier. Become a PCRS-UK member and discover a wealth of credible respiratory care information and resources all in one place

  • Keep pace with developments. From COPD guideline changes to managing asthma, there's a best practice resource waiting for you

  • Get help with professional development. Save time. It's ready to download and share with your practice staff

  • Benefit from expert advice. From managing allergic rhinitis to using spirometry, you'll find a range of concise, easy-to follow Opinion Sheets available free exclusively to members of the society via our website

  • Hard copy of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. As the flagship publication of the PCRS-UK, this international academic journal provides all the latest primary care respiratory research and top class editorial comment, discussion and educational articles

  • Read regular e-alerts. Get the latest respiratory information, news and updates, sent direct to your inbox.

IPCRG News

IPCRG working locally, collaborating globally

7th World International Primary Care Respiratory Group Conference

Athens 21st–24th May 2014 www.ipcrg2014.org

A Breath of Fresh Air: Multi-morbidity and integration

  • Late breaking abstracts accepted until 22 April 2014 — see http://www.ipcrg2014.org/abstract-submission/late-breaking-abstracts/ for more information

  • The full programme is now available and has been very well received:

    http://www.ipcrg2014.org/programme-information/programme/ including

    • Keynote speakers: Prof Stewart Mercer on Multimorbid patients with respiratory disease; Prof Jan de Maeseneer on Multimorbidity, goal-oriented care and equity; and Breda Flood representing the European Federation of Asthma and Allergy Associations (EFA) on People want care: where it comes from is secondary

    • All the leading primary care respiratory researchers including Prof David Price, Prof Thys van der Molen, Assoc Prof Niels Chavannes, Prof Mike Thomas, Prof Christos Lionis and Dr Hilary Pinnock

    • WONCA working party on mental health and EAACI

    • Secondary care colleagues including Prof Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Greece; Assoc Prof Jean Bourbeau, Canada; Prof Martyn Partridge, UK; Dr Sundeep Salvi, India; Prof Chunxue Bai from China; and Prof Joao Fonseca, Portugal

We encourage you to book flights and hotels early to take advantage of the best deals.

Singapore 2015

Our fourth Scientific Meeting, and the only one in 2015, will be held in Singapore 29–30 May 2015 — add to your diaries now!

UNLOCK

http://www.theipcrg.org/display/RESUNL/About+UNLOCK

The latest study, ‘Primary care COPD patients compared with large pharmaceutically-sponsored COPD studies: an UNLOCK validation study’ has been accepted for publication by PLOS One.

Our first UNLOCK research post has been set up in a collaboration with the University of Minho, Portugal, and we welcome Pedro Teixeira to UNLOCK who starts on 1 March 2014. He will be working 50% of his time on UNLOCK Portugal, and 50% on coordinating four international projects. We now have 13 countries on board.

Members' news

It is really encouraging to see how many of our members now have a seat at the table for national policy and guidelines decisions to ensure that primary care has a voice. Amongst the examples we've received are Australia, Canada, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Vietnam and the UK. In addition, many of our colleagues run COPD, TB and asthma schools for primary care. To profile one, our new member in India, the Chest Research Foundation, trained 684 general practitioners, general physicians, paediatricians and respiratory technicians and medical trainees between May-November 2013, and they also offer a free 6-weekly 2-hour webcast to which 600 trainees log in each time. Some groups outreach directly to patients; for example, our Vietnamese group ran its first asthma-COPD patient club meeting which 150 people attended. We look forward to more stories of the reach and impact our groups have on respiratory care around the world.

Any queries please contact the IPCRG Business Manager BusinessManager@theipcrg.org

Siân Williams Niels Chavannes

ERS General Practice and Primary Care Group 1.6 news

ERS Congress, Munich, 6th-10th September 2014

Abstract submission

Online submission for abstracts closed on 24th February, but there is always the possibility of an extension for the ERS and submission of ‘late breaker’ abstracts. So if you haven't already done so, submit your abstract NOW!

PCRJ Award for the best quality abstract submitted to Group 1.6

Worth 荤500, and kindly funded by the Primary Care Respiratory Journal, the PCRJ Award will once again awarded to the best primary care abstract submitted to Group 1.6 for the 2014 ERS Congress in Munich. The award is particularly aimed at encouraging young researchers to submit their work.

There will again be a primary care day on Saturday 6th September about “Management of COPD and other respiratory conditions in clinical practice”.

Joining the ERS

Are you an ERS member? If you're not and you regularly attend the ERS Congress, why not join the ERS and receive all the membership benefits? If you are thinking of joining, please ensure that you join Group 1.6, the General Practice and Primary Care Group.

Bjorn Stallberg, Chair Group 1.6

Hilary Pinnock, Secretary Group 1.6

News from the EAACI Primary Care Interest Group

EAACI provides new platform for primary care

The European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) officially launched its Primary Care Interest Group, after a two-year gestation period, at the EAACI — WAO Congress which took place from 22nd to 26th June 2013 in Milan.

Members of respiratory societies recognise the large impact which allergic disease has on the management of asthma and allergic rhinitis. Allergic disorders are of course not limited to those affecting the respiratory system but are an increasing cause of primary care consultations, in keeping with the relentless increase in allergy prevalence.

The first Chairman to be elected was Dr Dermot Ryan (whom many of you will remember as the allergy lead for PCRS and IPCRG in recent times) whilst Dr Liz Angier, an allergy GPSI, was elected as Vice-Chair.

In our first year we have been successful in obtaining a half-day primary care symposium at the upcoming EAACI congress in Copenhagen from 7th to 11th June 2014, with advanced plans to run a similar half-day programme at the EAACI Congress in Barcelona in 2015.

We have also been fortunate in receiving a subsidy from EAACI to run a Primary Care Allergy School in Palma de Mallorca from October 30th to 1st November 2014, details of which will appear on the EAACI website (www.eaaci.org) shortly. There will be an exciting and comprehensive programme of lectures on the current delivery of allergy care and how it might be managed in the future.

We also plan to run a global questionnaire directed at primary care clinicians in order to understand their educational needs better.

Should anyone wish to become more involved, please contact:

Dermot Ryan at dermotryan@doctors.org.uk Liz Angier at e.angier@sky.com or visit www.eaaci.org