This short course is designed to provide a basic knowledge check and to develop your understanding of the evidence, basic principles and application of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

📅 25 Feb 2026
👉 brit-thoracic.uk/PRFeb26

#ShortCourse #PulmonaryRehab #ProfessionalDevelopment #Healthcare

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It’s December! Check your inbox now for a copy of our Newsletter - the last of 2025! Lots of committee updates, info from the CSP conference, spotlight piece, lunch&learn 2026 plans, and other updates!

Pulmonary Rehabilitation After a Flare Up YouTube video by Living Well with COPD (Living Well with COPD)

In recognition of World #COPD Day, I’m excited to share an animated video our team developed highlighting the benefits of #pulmonaryrehabilitation after an acute exacerbation. Please help spread the word by sharing it with colleagues and patients! #pulmonaryrehab

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Check out day 3 of #BALR2025 summer meeting, happening in Cardiff on 8-10/09, and then go register at balr.co.uk/meetings. You know you want to😉

How can healthcare professionals promote pulmonary rehabilitation in people with COPD? A qualitative study Despite the evidence for pulmonary rehabilitation programs (PRPs) in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), uptake of this interven…

#PulmonaryRehabilitation
#PulmonaryRehab
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Our latest newsletter is now available to our members, do sign up if you are interested in hearing more about our members and their current respiratory research forms.office.com/e/RJp9mznzwW #respisbest

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⏱️Only 3 weeks left to submit your abstract to #BALR2025, "New Horizons in Respiratory Research" Cardiff, 8-10 September 2025.
✔️ Expert panel discussion on research priorities
✔️ ECR awards
✔️ Conference dinner in stunning location on Cardiff Bay.
Submit: balr.co.uk/meetings

Could you share this with your networks, we are looking for

* Those with intellectual disabilities and asthma – forms.office.com/e/YLH2xJmJzj
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* Healthcare professionals - forms.office.com/e/S9LPm0A2wd

ACPRC Simulation podcast YouTube video by The ACPRC

You might have seen me posting about @theacprc.bsky.social resources on simulation based education. There is a podcast out discussing the scoping review, commentary & position statement. Expertly hosted by Mandie Thomas & featuring Amy Bendall, Abby Greenwell & yours truly

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Awareness which is exercise and education for people with stable lung illness Advertising the Benefits & Existence of exercise & education for stable lung illness Sharing Ideas to enhance the completion of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Cultural Diverse Pulmonary Rehabilitation Think Tank Established April 2021 to reduce ethnic health inequalities in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

👉Pulmonary Rehabilitation Awareness PR
👉Advertising the Benefits & Existence of exercise & education for stable lung illness
👉Ideas to enhance the completion of PR
👉Cultural Diverse PR Think Tank Established April 2021 to reduce health inequalities in PR
#pulmonaryrehab
#pulmonaryrehabilitation

Develop your skills in our in-depth Pulmonary Rehabilitation courses that are tailored to suit a multi-professional clinical audience.

Find out more
👉 brit-thoracic.uk/PRfundamentals25
👉 brit-thoracic.uk/PRadvanced25

📣Registrations and abstract submissions are OPEN for #BALR2025 in Cardiff 8-10 Sept! A stellar program and ECR awards await! Head here www.balr.co.uk/meetings to submit your abstract by 10/08 and register by 25/08!

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#pulmonaryrehab
Save the date

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week UK and All Ireland
Week June 16-20

👉Ideas to raise awareness
👉Press Release
👉Videos
👉Scan the QR code below
#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#pulmonaryrehab

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Busy Friday! Join us for our monthly listening event at 8:30am with a focus on Long Term Conditions, then we have our 1st in a series of lunchtime webinars- kicking off with ‘Frailty & its impact on the management of people with chronic resp disease’

Save the date
June 16-20 2025
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
UK & All Ireland
#pulmonaryrehab
#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#PulmonaryRehabWeek25

UHDB Consultants take part in Pulmonary Rehabilitation class at London Road Community Hospital YouTube video by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton

Can you invite your respiratory consultants to try a Pulmonary Rehabilitation session

#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#pulmonaryrehab

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MEETINGS | balr

The BALR is pleased to endorse COPD UK 2025 (10-11/07/25 Nottingham) and 8th World Bronchiectasis Conference (14-17/07/25 Brisbane, Australia) #WBConf2025 - More info and links on our website www.balr.co.uk/meetings

GRANTS | balr

Applications are now open for the Summer studentships 2025, in collaboration with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis,
Pulmonary fibrosis NI and Breathing matters. They cover stipend and consumables for up to 8 weeks over the summer period. For more info and to apply balr.co.uk/awards deadline 10/05

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Awareness Week UK and All Ireland 2025 IDEAS to raise awareness. for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week UK and All Ireland June 16-20, 2025 1 Poster about PR in pharmacies, invite your pharmacy teams to an online meeting & e

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Ideas to raise awareness about #PulmonaryRehabilitation
Set up a stall, carry out a meet and greet in
👉 Pharmacies
👉Supermarkets
👉 Low referring GP surgeries
👉 Hospital Restaurants
👉Hospitals entrances
👉 Respiratory departments

Scan the QR codes for more information Ideas
#pulmonaryrehab

Members! Don’t forget it’s the 2nd of our new monthly listening events so book in to join us this Friday at 8:30am! This one has a leadership theme- you need to login to our website to book.
Also…coming soon…monthly lunchtime webinars starting in May!

Increasing the uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation PR amongst culturally diverse and ethnic minority communities

To be published soon

#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#pulmonaryrehab
#31DaysofPRideas

Valuing and Integrating PPIE in Research: Recommendations for researchers - Evidence-Based Nursing blog Written by Lindsay Welch (@LindsayICOPD) on behalf of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Education Consortium (PREC) group Welch, L1,2. Williams, S4. Sgroi, E1. Barker, R.E3. Pritchard, A5. Graham, L6. Loug...

What should we be doing as researchers to value and integrate PPIE in research? - read our (PREC team) new blog in EBN Nursing

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How many people who have never

heard of pulmonary rehabilitation

will collect medication for lung

illness from the pharmacy

Can you share information about PR with your local pharmacy

#PRSimpleThings
#pulmonaryrehabilitation
#pulmonaryrehab

Top ten research priorities for breathlessness research: UK James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership Breathlessness is a substantial global transdiagnostic problem and the most common symptom for people of all ages living with chronic respiratory disease. The prevalence of breathlessness is increasing due to an ageing population, multimorbidity, and post-COVID-19 condition.1,2 The symptom of breathlessness is worsened by social deprivation, environmental factors, health-care inequalities and the inverse care law, whereby people who most need health care are least likely to receive it, and is associated with premature mortality.

Top 10 research priorities for breathlessness research…

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Sleep Debt: The Hidden Cost of Insufficient Rest Sleep debt grows when lost sleep accumulates over time. Learn about the effects of sleep debt and tips for catching up on sleep.

Sleep is an essential part of overall health, and getting enough restful sleep on a regular basis offers a plethora of benefits. Quality sleep helps boost energy levels and immune function, and supports cognitive processes like memory consolidation.
www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-wo...

So I finished pulmonary rehab today. It’s been great and the knowledge I’ve gained is amazing. When I started I could walk 360metres in 6mins with steroids,and today I did 460metres without steroids and I recover quicker,I’m happy😎Ian

The window for late breaking abstracts for #RTI2025 will be open 6-13/01/25 for poster presentations.
Explore the full schedule rti-forum.org/2025/?page_i...
To register, head to rti-forum.org/2025/?page_i... but first, make sure you are a BALR member, for 50% discount on registration! 😱

Virtual rehabilitation for individuals with Long COVID: a randomized controlled trial Background Our primary objective was to investigate whether an 8-week virtual rehabilitation program for individuals with long COVID improves functional mobility compared to usual care. Methods Subje...

Our trial in #LongCovid Rehab offers some insights into whom may be more susceptible to adverse events including those #PEM -related.
Curious to know more?
Read our preprint @medrxivpreprint
#postexertionalmalaise #exercise #rehabilitation

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