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STS Annual Meeting - 20 June 2019

Medicine of the Older Person - Challenging polypharmacy

RCPE Respiratory Medicine Symposium

Edinburgh Thoracic CT Course 2-3rd April 2019

Our Workforce Matters Symposium– celebrating diversity and sustaining excellence

STS Events

STS Annual Meeting - 20 June 2019

STS Annual Meeting 2019 will be held on Thursday 20th June 2019 at Perth Concert Hall.

Confirmed speakers include Professor Michael Kreuter, who will deliver the keynote lecture on "The Future of ILD"

Events

Our Workforce Matters Symposium– celebrating diversity and sustaining excellence

This 'Workforce Matters' symposium tackles the hot topics affecting you daily as a clinician - how do you maintain your own strength and support your colleagues during challenging times and maintain your professionalism? And how do we create a resilient workforce that’s equipped for the future?

Edinburgh Thoracic CT Course 2-3rd April 2019

This 2-day course is designed to help you develop a systematic method of reviewing thoracic CT scans, and includes a combination of lectures and hands-on CT scan review with chest radiology experts.

RCPE Respiratory Medicine Symposium

This one day respiratory symposium is designed for all general physicians, doctors of all training grades across the medical specialties, specialist nurses, physiotherapists and physician associates. And for all practising respiratory physicians and respiratory trainees!

Medicine of the Older Person - Challenging polypharmacy

This RCPE Symposium will provide much needed balance and advice on prescribing and therapeutics in common conditions of old age. It will explore the state of the art in medical optimisation, non-drug therapies and common therapeutic challenges in the care of older people.

News

NACAP launches registration for PR workstream

The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) has launched registration for its pulmonary rehabilitation workstream. All pulmonary rehabilitation services that provide care for people with COPD in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to register for and participate in this audit.

Oxygen Wristbands

Front-line clinicians at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a system of colour-coded silicone wristbands which state the patient’s target saturation range, designed to ensure the correct level of oxygen is prescribed.

BTS Oxygen Guideline 2017

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) have launched a guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings. The guideline covers a range of topics including blood gas physiology, prescribing, target saturations, weaning and audit.