FREE Study Event for ALL UK HCPs Only
Funding provided by AstraZeneca who have sponsored and organised a promotional symposium.
AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposium presentation.
Dr Holmes' sessions are completely independent of external sponsorship.
1. To have a good understanding of making a diagnosis of COPD in primary care (and the grey areas around pre COPD, PRISM and CT found emphysema and how they are managed)
2. To be clear on principals of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions and covering new biologic treatments
3. To consider briefly common associated morbidities in people with COPD - and other conditions that might mimic COPD
Session 1 - Dr Steve Holmes
Getting the diagnosis right - what if it sounds like COPD but the tests are normal
Sponsored Symposium Presentation by Astra Zeneca
Connected Care: Collaborative Strategies for Transforming COPD Management
Dr Kirsty Hambleton
Consultant Respiratory Physician, Airedale General Hospital
Session 2 - Dr Steve Holmes
Getting management right - how to encourage the best outcomes for our patients with COPD
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Dr Steve Holmes Steve has worked as a GP principal since 1989, initially on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border and since 2002, at The Park Medical Practice in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
He has a long-standing association with the Primary Care Respiratory Society, the British Thoracic Society and the Royal College of General Practitioners, as well as the International Primary Care Respiratory Society and Asthma and Lung UK.
Steve has been involved in medical education in a variety of guises, often at a national or regional level since 1991. He has been involved in a wide range of respiratory educational initiatives for generalists and specialists, both medical and nursing and has been involved in research work with more than eight universities.
He has taught nationally on quality improvement methods, leadership skills and communication skills training, for more than 20 years as well as his respiratory work.
He has published more than 300 articles, is a reviewer for more than 10 active peer reviewed journals and has had the opportunity to work at a global level.
Throughout this, he remains a clinician; passionate about the values of good primary care, continually developing the quality of clinical care, and providing holistic care for patients and their families from cradle to grave.
He is married with two adult inspirational daughters and a wife who inspired them. He manages to get time to enjoy family holidays, walking and running (up to half marathon distance), watching rugby when the opportunity allows and playing the guitar or piano badly!
Symposium Speaker Dr Kirsty Hambleton is a Respiratory Consultant at Airedale General Hospital in Yorkshire, with a specialist interest in COPD. She first started working in the field of airways inflammation in 2015 and has subsequently become COPD lead, firstly in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and now in her current Trust.
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