ENGAGE: Podcasts

Grainne D’Ancona and Ms Alicia Piwko discuss the emerging role of the pharmacist in asthma care, and a new adult structured medicine review template available to aid consultations.

Grainne D’Ancona and Dr Hitasha Rupani discuss the impact of uncontrolled asthma and explore how the HASTE tool could be used to enhance consultations.

Dr Richard Russell and Dr Michael Crooks discuss the significant challenge of SABA overuse, exploring how much is too much and when to consider referring a patient.

Dr Richard Russell and Dr Toby Capstick discuss the importance of joint decision making when choosing an inhaler, exploring the factors to consider when choosing the right device for the right patient.

Dr Richard Russell and Dr Fiona Musgrove discuss the importance of early diagnosis of asthma and explore some useful tools to aid diagnosis.

Grainne D’Ancona and Dr Brian Kent discuss the importance of adherence, sharing ideas on how to identify challenges with adherence and suggest some strategies on how to address it.

Prof Dominick Shaw and Dr Hitasha Rupani discuss the concept of clinical remission, whether this should be the goal in asthma management and if it is an achievable goal.

Prof Dominick Shaw and Prof Ian Pavord discuss clinical markers of risk in asthma and the tools available to address key risk factors.

Prof Dominick Shaw and Dr Andrew Whittamore discuss how to improve communication between primary and secondary care for better management of asthma patients to offer patients continuity of care and a unified message.

Dr Andrew Whittamore and Kim Verry discuss common non-respiratory conditions that get mistaken for asthma as a result of respiratory symptoms and how to identify these.

Dr Andrew Whittamore and Dr Steve Holmes discuss how telephone consultations provides both benefits and drawbacks for clinicians and patients, as well as key features that should lead to a face-to-face consultation.

Dr Andrew Whittamore and Beverley Bostock discuss the changes in contracting and QOF targets, with top tips on how to meet all the requirements whilst performing a good asthma review.

Dr Pujan Patel and Prof. Catherine Nelson-Piercy do some myth busting on asthma and pregnancy. This episode looks at the management of asthma during pregnancy and addresses some misconceptions such as the use of antihistamines alongside asthma therapy, how to treat an acute exacerbation in a patient who is pregnant, and the impact of corticosteroids and biologics during pregnancy.

Dr Pujan Patel and Dr James Hull talk candidly about the management and lifestyle of athletes who have asthma. They discuss research regarding the prevalence of airway-related issues in athletic individuals, how symptoms of asthma can be misinterpreted to be exercise-induced and the complexities of differential diagnosis for breathlessness in sport.

Dr Pujan Patel is joined by Dr Hassan Burhan as they discuss regional collaborations with asthma care, with a particular emphasis on developing new asthma pathways more broadly. The talking points include recent changes to national guidelines and what this might mean for specialist centres, normalisation of risk stratification in primary care and thoughts on what an optimised integrated care asthma service might look like, including a real example.

Dr Livingstone Chishimba talks to Darush Attar-Zadeh about smoking cessation in asthma. Together, they review some smoking statistics in their localities in northwest London and Liverpool, they provide answers to the question ‘Why should I stop smoking?’ when asked by patients and reflect on how healthcare professionals can support people to go ‘smoke-free’ such as the Very Brief Advice method. 

Prof John Hurst and Dr Steve Holmes discuss how exacerbations can be used to optimise treatment regimes and care for COPD patients.

Prof John Hurst and Ms Eleanor Lyons discuss the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD management, and the benefits that it can offer patients.

Prof John Hurst and Prof Jennifer Quint discuss the challenges of early diagnosis of COPD, and explore the importance of getting the diagnosis (and coding) right.

Dr Steve Holmes and Ms Jane Scullion respectfully raise awareness of unconscious bias related to intimate activity in patients with COPD and explore how this can be addressed.

Prof John Hurst and Mr Garry McDonald discuss the commonest multimorbidities in patients with COPD, and explore the importance of addressing these within the management of COPD.

Prof John Hurst and Ms Nooria Azeez discuss the importance of finding the right device for the right patient, exploring the importance of joint decision as part of this process

Dr Ramsey Sabit and Sarah Rust discuss the impact a COPD diagnosis might have on the patient and explore, why some patients delay their diagnosis.

Dr Ramsey Sabit and Dr James Kilbane will be discussing how and when we healthcare professionals should address end of life care with the patients, explore what patients might feel about this conversation and how to sensibly address this for sure difficult conversation.

Dr Ramsey Sabit and Dr Rachael Evans will explore the effect of COVID-19 on COPD patients, the mental and physical impact and how to consider this in the disease management of COPD patients.

Prof Jennifer Quint and Dr Sarah Baxter will be discussing the impact on Mental health on patients with COPD, what to look out for as a health care professional and ways to address both, COPD and mental health.

Prof Jennifer Quint and Dr Mohammed Munnavar will be discussing lung volume reduction, what is it for and who is the right patients. We will also touch on what a patient can expect before, during and after such intervention.

Prof Jennifer Quint (respiratory consultant) and Dr Upasada Tayas (cardiologist) discuss comorbidity between COPD and Cardiovascular symptoms, how to be aware of them, to address them and to whom to direct for further consultation.

Dr Dinesh Shrikrishna is joined by Joanna O’ Callaghan to talk about Nurse-lead Community based Breathlessness Clinics and the benefits that these bring to patients with COPD in Ireland. This episode highlights the significance of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) for patients accessing respiratory services.

Dr Dinesh Shrikrishna & Prof. Chris Gale address cardiopulmonary events in COPD patients. This episode mentions COPD exacerbations and the association with cardiovascular events/mortality, and discusses how respiratory clinicians can work with cardiologists to integrate care pathways for the benefit of patient outcomes.

Dr Dinesh Shrikrishna & Prof. Neil Greening discuss pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and the latest British Thoracic Society statement on PR. This episode discusses the effectiveness of different types of PR, exacerbation reduction and if there are any differences in the recommendations of the guidance around PR.

Prof. Keir Lewis & Cath Einon talk about smoking cessation services within a hospital setting and what different approaches might look like for different cohorts. This episode addresses the risk and mechanisms involved with smoking, positive benefits of quitting and what the future might look like for smoking cessation services.

Prof. Keir Lewis & Suzanne Cass, CEO of Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Wales, review the current evidence and unintended consequences of vaping. This episode outlines the definition of vaping with reference to some key research on the use of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and its relevance for COPD patients.

Prof. Keir Lewis is joined by Claire Hurlin to discuss the challenges associated with pulmonary rehabilitation on how to achieve better recruitment and retention times with patients. This episode addresses questions such as where is the best location for PR? How can clinicians support improvement in referral uptake and reduce attrition once people have enrolled?