Very interesting presentation by Dr Jacques Kerr on unscheduled care in COPD. Aim to reduce ED attendances, hospital admissions and inpatient length of stay #SRNF2018

A virtual Dr Tom Fardon discussed the National Repiratory Improvement Plan. He identified that services are mismatched across Scotland and there are definitely areas for improvement #SRNF2018

Day 2 at the SRNF conference. Prof Hilary Pinnock presented on diagnosis of Asthma and COPD overlap. Is a diagnosis a help or a hinderance? #SRNF2018

That’s all folks! Another successful Scottish Respiratory Nurse conference done - here’s to SRNF2019!! #SRNF2018

What do you get when you cross a hate preacher with a bunch of Hare Krishna outside a Greggs in Glasgow?....I've missed you Glasgow

Great to see so much interest in how using a simple CBT approach has so much potential to help our breathless and anxious patients .

Looking forward to this on Nov 20th. eventbrite.co.uk./e/national-unscheduled-care-copd-learning- workshop-tickets-51298758969?ref=estw

Board intends to treble the number of out-patients using the NHS Near Me service in #Caithness as part of ambitious plans to reach a 20 per cent consultants appointments target at CGH using the new video conferencing technology by mid-2019. nhsh.scot/2QlpAhV

Amazing fully funded PhD in health and care data analytics (digital health group) at Strathclyde University - Jan 2019 start date - funded for 4 years includes some training costs too - message me and please share EU and Scotland only can't fund international for this one sorry

Nurses like to refer to chest auscultation, cannulation etc as advanced skills...but organising a safe discharge home for a frail older person with multiple co-morbidities THATS an advanced skill

Making first impressions about nursing matter and educating young children about what it means to be a nurse NHS Grampian NHS Lothian #FutureNurse

CBT paper is going to be published on Friday. Waited a long time for this!@NewcastleHosps @lizharris1697 Maurya Cushlow 💙 @carolinedocNHS

Great day - drove home with buzzing brains.

#WorldCOPD2018 Thick As Mince Kayrine Bruce Watt Yvonne Scott @craignsuemcgill @D&G-IRT - the power of pulmonary rehab in one RCP infographic RCP British Thoracic Society (BTS) stalk.er PCRS ARNS @JeaneF1MSP Tom Fardon @BLFScotland @CHSScotland

Dr Karen Marshall Thick As Mince It’s a great read Thick As Mince Prof Sir Gregor Smith Tom Fardon @BLFScotland @CHSScotland PCRS ARNS on the benefits of CBT in COPD- many congrats to Dr Dr Karen Marshall flying the flag for Respiratory nursing research.

"Don’t forget to: ☀️ Focus on the good 🎨 Do something you love 🌲 Go outside 👍 Love who you are now 💜 Keep being brave" ~ Action for Happiness

Heslop-Marshall et al should be applauded for conducting this large study, and particularly for demonstrating that briefly trained nurses can supervise and implement effective, and almost certainly cost-effective, one-to-one CBT for patients with COPD.

.Nicholas Soames I look forward to going back to Scotland and my beautiful constituency of Skye, every single minute I'm at Westminster. But if the attitudes on display today continue, I don't think you'll have to worry about Scottish MPs for too much longer.

This approach will help address the huge gap in psychological care with our patients with chronic respiratory conditions. The results are simply brilliant. Great to see the recognition.

Just sheer brilliance from Brian Cox with his Christmas message. Happy Christmas to one and all. When the festivities are done, Scotland has a way out this madness.