Looking for a Band 7 nurse or AHP to set up and lead the new Tobacco Dependency service Worcestershire Acute NHS and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS. Interested? Job live until 2/6/23 jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

#respphysio band 6 wanted to join COPD Team Worcestershire Acute NHS. Job includes PR, Home visits, symptom management, beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… ACPRC

"The most underused drug in the history of medicine" #WorldLungDay #pulmonaryrehab #pulmonaryrehabilitation #breathlessness reduction That can free up hospital bed space

Telling smokers their lung age significantly improves the likelihood of them quitting smoking bmj.com/content/336/76… #RespEd British Thoracic Society (BTS) The BMJ

Our Pulmonary Rehabilitation team has received national accreditation for providing a high-quality and safe service. Our team is just the 8th in the country to receive the recognition from the Royal College of Physicians. Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an exercise and education

June 17th-22nd 2024 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week UK & All Ireland #PulmonaryRehabilitationWeek #pulmonaryrehabilitation #pulmonaryrehabweek #pulmonaryrehab #exercise & #education for stable lung illness

A free online course is now available that aims to help health professionals understand how chronic breathlessness can still be improved even when the underlying condition cannot. See the Managing Chronic Breathlessness elearning: ➡️orlo.uk/RO50A

In September 2023, BTS published two pieces of guidance on pulmonary rehabilitation. BTS has commissioned a Quality Standard in this topic area for 2024 and is inviting BTS members to apply for the Quality Standard Development Group. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mptxvh8z

Exciting new Band 3 post within our Respiratory Nursing Team now live jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… WAHT Speciality Medicine Worcestershire Acute NHS

Looking for a new challenge? Band 7 Nurse or Physio in Home Oxygen Team wanted Worcestershire Acute NHS jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… ARNS ACPRC #respisbest #oxygen

I’m getting v cross about this work shy/sick-note debate! People are off work because they are waiting so long for treatment (eg 18 mths for THR in our area) & are in pain. We don’t need ‘work & health’ specialists-we have them (PTs & OTs) but not enough of them! 1/2

Why would you talk about Hospice or Palliative Care in Pulmonary Rehab? youtu.be/Ra0Lzmdt-Hc?si… Please listen and share with your local networks #pulmonaryrehab #pulmonaryrehabilitation Thanks @ShazzaHudson

Somehow I missed that CAT score for #copd has been tweaked & validated for use in all airways disease, renaming CAAT. Has been used to describe disease trajectory in the Novelty study #ATS2024 respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Ready to celebrate PR awareness week? Sharing advice and her perspective on making the most of your workforce capacity - join us for a workforce planning session with our clinical lead! Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pr-week-2024…… mariabuxton2 #PulmRehabWeek2024

'By the time that you watch this I will no longer be here' A poignant final message from the Leeds Rhinos legend and MND campaigner recorded before his death for a special BBC documentary 'There's Only One Rob Burrow' BBC One BBC iPlayer

It is National Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Week - a campaign designed to raise awareness of the existence and benefits of PR. For help communicating the benefits of PR to patients - read our top tips ✅ ow.ly/l9aA50ScXlY #PulmonaryRehabWeek24

PR Awareness Week Day 2 🫁 Who is Pulmonary Rehabilitation for? #pulmrehabweek2024

Exacerbations can be common occurrences for some people with #COPD. Our new animation provides a concise guide that healthcare professionals can use to support people with COPD to understand that COPD 'flare-ups' not normal and they need to seek help 🎞️ pcrs-uk.org/resource/curre…

This is exciting news: the first new drug treatment for COPD approved in Europe for more than a decade. Type 2 high and frequent exacerbations. 👀 ⬇️ Dupixent approved in the EU as the first-ever targeted therapy for patients with COPD sanofi.com/en/media-room/…

The virtual wards operational framework sets out key requirements of a #VirtualWards service to ensure consistency across the NHS, helping maximise benefits for patients. Read the framework: england.nhs.uk/long-read/virt…