"Lung damage from bronchiectasis is irreversible and treatment options are scarce. Until recently, most trials have been negative." Read our Editorial on #bronchiectasis here: bit.ly/3QQIDTy

New month and again an interesting topic! Sputum mobilization can be done in different ways, depending on where the sputum sits. So it requires the application of different techniques. Michelle Chatwin explains what to use when and how! REGISTRATION here: forms.office.com/e/FXKWxrzDd6

State of the art review: Development of respiratory care guidelines for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the UK - key recommendations for clinical practice. thorax.bmj.com/content/early/… British Thoracic Society (BTS)

Are you a physio working with bronchiectasis patients? Or a patient with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis? 🫁 We are looking to explore your views and experiences of airway clearance techniques and shared decision making! If interested please DM me for details! #bronchiectasis

Want to join a supportive Therapies service as a B5 OT?✔️ Want to be able to rotate as a new graduate and gain skills in different specialities? ✔️ Want protected CPD time, preceptorship and individualised job plan? ✔️ Then Blackpool Victoria Hospital O.T is the place for you 🙌🏻 see link below

State of the art review: Effects of non-invasive ventilation on sleep in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure thorax.bmj.com/content/79/3/2… Prof. Nicholas Hart

❕There’s still time to apply for the fixed term Acute Medicine OT Clinical Lead position❕ Click the link below ⬇️ It’s a great, hardworking team and a perfect opportunity to gain leadership experience. Their big smiles say it all🤪 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Jobs jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Tracheostomy 101 The Intern At Work #MedX

EVENT: How to Make an Outstanding Poster: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/600fc1ff…

🫁48 HOURS to go! Don’t miss out on what’s looking like a super interesting webinar! Clinical Specialist Physio, Advanced Practitioner SLT & Consultant ENT Surgeon join me for all things tube. Features,tech data, evidence, clinical reasoning:don’t miss out events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5a17529e…

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 BTH AIRS are looking for a B6 Physiotherapist: 🫁 Bronchiectasis, Pulmonary Rehab & Home O2 📊 Service development opportunities 🤝Excellent support structure If you have a passion for clinics, classes & blood gases then apply ⬇️ nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Lancash…

ERJOR: Hypercapnia is not excluded with normal oximetry in NMD patients and may be due to an elevated respiratory quotient. This has implications in the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory insufficiency in NMD patients with oximetry alone. bit.ly/4bFKUsu

Interested in laryngeal changes seen in bulbar patients during MI:E cough assist? Check out our new article ⁦MFT NHS⁩ ⁦RCSLTTracheCEN⁩ ⁦Intensive Care Society 💙⁩ emjreviews.com/neurology/arti…

A great AHP day hearing about all the great work going on in the trust and showcasing our rib fracture audit and the outcomes of the Major Trauma Rehab Co-Ordinator Role pilot #AHPDay2024 #AHPShowcase NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈

Sharing 12-month MECU therapy service review and COPD audit findings at the AHP showcase Anneka Edmondson Nick Lane Simon Hayward

Poster of 12 month MECU therapy service review #ACPRC25

New report out today! A review of the quality of rehabilitation care after an ICU admission: ncepod.org.uk/2025icur.html Prof David McWilliams BACCN 💙 Intensive Care Society 💙 Royal College of Occupational Therapists Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) British Dietetic Association Royal College of General Practitioners RCSLT 💙 FICMNews ICUsteps UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance Royal College of Anaesthetists British Geriatrics Society Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

The key messages from ‘Recovery Beyond Survival’ ncepod.org.uk/2025icur.html are summarised in this handy infographic… BACCN 💙 Intensive Care Society 💙 Royal College of Occupational Therapists Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) British Dietetic Association RCSLT 💙 FICMNews ICUsteps UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance Royal College of Anaesthetists British Geriatrics Society Royal College of General Practitioners Prof David McWilliams

For those of you who missed it, the NCEPOD webinar for the newly released report ‘Recovery beyond survival’ can now be accessed via the below link. #ICURehab youtu.be/W1Bc438FE9c?si…

Breas UK are running some #AirwayClearance Study Days in 2025, with some fantastic speakers lined up. The first confirmed dates are Edinburgh (18th Oct), and Birmingham (29th Nov). Click here to sign up🙂 forms.office.com/e/JVKPVjTwFD #Clearo #IPPB #MIE #LVR #respisbest ACPRC