PCRS Webinar: The new BTS/SIGN/NICE guideline for asthma: What it means for you
AstraZeneca has provided sponsorship towards this independent Programme and has had no involvement in its creation or organisation.
The webinar will be held on Monday 2nd December 2024 at 13:00 for 60 minutes and will feature short presentations and discussions from our amazing and vastly experienced panel: Carol Stonham, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Deborah Leese, Helena Cummings and Darush Attar-Zadeh
After many years of navigating through competing asthma guidelines the long awaited release of the single UK asthma guideline from BTS, SIGN and NICE will be released at the end of November. The advice regarding how asthma is diagnosed and managed will change considerably based on newer evidence and increasing availability of diagnostic tests and multiple treatments.
What will that mean to how you diagnose and treat asthma? This webinar will consider the crucial changes to asthma care and what primary care will need to consider to be able to implement the changes in practice.
Discounts for PCRS membership
Stayed tuned until the end of this webinar to receive an exclusive 20% discount on PCRS membership*. This discount opens the door to a wealth of resources, networking opportunities and professional development.
*Discount available to UK resident healthcare professionals who remain until the final 2 minutes of the live session. Exclusively available to those who are not current members of PCRS. Discount can only be applied to membership paid annually (not via direct debit).
Carol is the past Executive Chair of PCRS – the first non-doctor and first female to take the chair. She is current policy lead for PCRS. She is also a director of the UK Lung Cancer Coalition, and a board member of the UK Inhaler Group and National Asthma and COPD Audit as well as sitting on the NHS Long Term Plan Respiratory Delivery Board. She also co-chairs the Lung Health Task Force early and accurate diagnosis group and is a member of the NHS Long Term Plan Breathlessness Diagnosis group.
Carol received Queen’s Nurse award in 2007 and in 2016 was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for Services to Nursing and Healthcare.
Other roles include:
Co-Chair Taskforce for Lung Health Medicines Optimisation Working Group
Co-Chair of the CYP Pharmacy asthma group pan London
Darush enjoys running and raising money for respiratory and cardiac charities. One of his main missions is to reduce health inequalities caused by tobacco and spends a lot of his time teaching in deprived locations across the UK.
In 2016 Deborah qualified as a pharmacist independent prescriber and during that training chose respiratory as her clinical area of interest. She was appointed as respiratory lead for the Sheffield CCG Medicines Management Team in 2016. Since then she has led on many pieces of respiratory work such as the development of the Sheffield asthma guideline and the Sheffield COPD inhaled corticosteroid withdrawal protocol. She has also developed many initiatives for inhaler optimisation for the city.
Deborah is a member of the PCRS Service Development Committee and Conference Organising Committee and is a core member of the Asthma Right Care team. She has contributed to various PCRS documents including Asthma Guidelines in Practice – A PCRS consensus. She has a passion for respiratory care and is focussed at putting the patient at the centre of care.
Outside of work Deborah likes to go to play hockey and run having run 3 full marathons including her favourite, the London marathon. She also likes to spend time with her family and particularly enjoys travelling.
