Clinical GlaxoSmithKline is using Salford PCT's 55 pharmacies to test a late-stage investigational drug for the treatment of COPD

Media watch While C+D's digital content editor Niall Hunt peruses the national news over a cup of coffee, it seems that healthcare is once again balanced between revolution and disaster

Update Module 1607 A guide to treatment and counselling both children and parents on this highly prevalent condition

In the final part of our guide to targeted MURs, Trudy Thomas reveals how to get the most from asthma and COPD consultations

The two major respiratory conditions, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the UK. According to recent data by Asthma UK, 4.3 million adults and 1.1 million children are being treated for asthma.

Ethical Dilemma Can you prescribe diabetes medicines even though you specialise in respiratory care? An expert offers advice

Ethical Dilemma Can you prescribe diabetes medicines even though you specialise in respiratory care?

News blog Having been prescribed a salbutamol inhaler for the first time made me eligible for the NMS, writes C+D's Isobel Smith. Follow her three-part blog to find out how she got on and her thoughts on the new medicine service

What is it about patients and inhalers? Yesterday I saw a patient in my COPD clinic – someone whom I have seen twice before and spent a lot of time deciding what sort of inhaler device she would...

At the Update Pharmacy Stephanie Lennard, a patient who presents frequent prescriptions for trivial conditions, has asked to speak to pharmacist David Spencer. In the consultation area David asks how he can help.