Breathe: Respiratory complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common and may be under-recognised. Chronic cough may present many years after a colectomy for IBD, is typically productive and can be very responsive to inhaled corticosteroids. bit.ly/3DrHNoy

Consultants in England have voted a resounding YES to taking industrial action this July. ✅Turnout: 71.08% ✅Yes votes: 20,741 – 86.08% Together we can #FixConsultantPay now and for the future. Read more: bma.org.uk/consultantspay

Read James Wingfield Digby discussion of #treatabletraits and new treatments in chronic #cough #RCC #UCC Exciting developments and a great summary of current thinking

Job Alert 🔔 Calling all SLTs who would be interested in working in our Airways service. We would love you to join us! Get in touch for more details/discussion ⁦Hannah Lever⁩ ⁦Aashish Vyas⁩ ⁦Siobhan Ludlow⁩ ⁦Morecambe Bay Respiratory Network⁩ jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Read our latest paper of our experience of bronchoscopy in #cough #RUCC with mucus by James Wingfield Digby High diagnostic value in this #phenotype …ea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Fabulous weather for #cycling in my hometown of #salford 🌞

BRC Clinical Research Fellow James Wingfield Digby presented two posters. One explored whether chronic cough can be better characterised, and one showed hypotonic cough challenge responses correlated with cough frequency in those with chronic cough🗣️ #ERSCongress ERS

First step to providing palliative care in #COPD and #ILD is patient identification - all clinicians should be considering in inpatients. Love the phrase 'palliative care is not about dying, it's about living' #ERSCongress

Inducible laryngeal obstruction and breathing pattern disorder are common causes of breathlessness. Multidisciplinary assessment can prevent unnecessary medication use, hospital admissions and facilitate effective management of these complex conditions. bit.ly/47tSYe1

Hot off the press… British Thoracic Society (BTS) Clinical Statement on Chronic #Cough in adults now online in ThoraxBMJ Great resource for clinicians managing this condition #treatabletraits Sean Parker Jemma Haines MBE FRCSLT thorax.bmj.com/content/78/Sup…

British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on chronic cough in adults | Thorax is LIVE!!!! Great to get this out there …theme throughout is the importance of SLT and need to support service development 👍🏼 ⁦RCSLT 💙⁩ ⁦RCSLTpolicy⁩ thorax.bmj.com/content/78/Sup…

Alongside his PhD at Manchester BRC, Dr James Wingfield Digby has taken part in the National Institute for Health and Care Research Associate Principal Investigator Scheme. The course has given him hands-on experience of delivering a study on chronic cough. 🏥 ✍️ Read his blog 👇 manchesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking Consultant with an interest in #COPD and clinical trials. 50:50 spilt between clinical work MFT NHS #WTWA and #trials Medicines Evaluation Unit NIHR Manchester CRF as part of our growing and dynamic team 👇🏻 mft.nhs.uk/careers/search…

Join us tomorrow to discuss the new British Thoracic Society (BTS) chronic #cough clinical statement over lunchtime

Excited to get started with this project aiming to improve care in individuals with advanced #COPD across Europe!

Webinar discussing new British Thoracic Society (BTS) Chronic #Cough clinical statement now available online if you would like to learn more about the investigation and management of this condition brit-thoracic.org.uk/education-and-…

Lovely day for a bike ride in #Salford 🌞😁

Such an inspiring session on population diversity in clinical trials- lots of work to do! #ATS2024

Fantastic unique opportunity to join our specialist #MDT in the Manchester Cough Service MFT NHS as a Chronic #Cough Specialist Nurse. Friendly team with opportunities for service development and #research Please spread the word! mft.nhs.uk/careers/search…