Welcome to the Peers in Practice inhale hub. Here you will find information to support your COPD consultations with your patients
Adverse events reporting and prescribing information can be found at the bottom of the page.
This material was developed in collaboration with a UCL Business company, Personia Health, industry leaders in the application of validated behavioural science frameworks and tools developed from extensive research into helping patients and healthcare professionals to get the best from treatments by enhancing engagement, adherence and persistence to optimise health.1
Healthcare professionals have been consulted by GSK and received honorarium.
Make every COPD consultation count
For healthcare professionals, it can be frustrating to see preventable COPD symptoms and exacerbations continue, without always knowing what is getting in the way.
is here to help.
Through free education and resources, Inhale supports HCPs in understanding some of the reasons behind non-adherence and provides tools to enable meaningful, patient-centred self-management conversations in COPD.
“The Inhale Hub is really valuable for me [...] When everyone in the practice uses the same approaches, we can support people with COPD consistently and more effectively.”
Who is Beverley Bostock?
In the UK, there is 1 exacerbation every 20 seconds2
Professor Richard Russell explores the challenges faced by patients with COPD and the interventions that can positively impact outcomes.
Who is Professor Richard Russell?
Adverse events reporting and prescribing information can be found at the bottom of the page.
Case Study:
COPD Management in Practice
See how Beverley Bostock approaches COPD care to support improved patient outcomes.
Who is Beverley Bostock?
Understanding the challenges in practice
Supporting behaviour change in COPD isn’t always straightforward.
By understanding the challenges you face in day-to-day practice, we can focus on creating practical content that supports real consultations.
What barriers do you encounter most often?
Abbreviations
ARNS, Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HCP, healthcare professional; KCL, King’s College London; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PCRS, Primary Care Respiratory Society.
References
- Personia Health, a University College London Business company - making the most of medicines and vaccines. Available at: https://personiahealth.com
- COPD Voices. A matter of life and breath. 2025. Available at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sims/assets/copd-voices-final-29042025.pdf
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For the Trelegy Ellipta® (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol) prescribing information Click here.
Beverley is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Gloucestershire and an independent prescriber. She is the Asthma Lead for ARNS, Chair of the ARNS Respiratory Diseases committee, and sits on the Executive Committee of the PCRS and Asthma and Lung UK's Council of Healthcare Professionals. She holds an MSc in Respiratory Care and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law. Bev was part of the NICE Asthma Quality Standards development and the National Review of Asthma Deaths. She is Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal and has been a Queen’s Nurse since 2015.
Professor Russell trained in London and is currently a Professor at KCL London and a Respiratory Consultant at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is the Clinical Director of the West Hampshire Integrated Respiratory Service. In 2024, he became the Chair of the British Thoracic Society. His research focusses on the basic mechanisms of COPD, disease progression, COPD exacerbations, mechanisms of lung damage as well as phenotypes of all airways disease. Dr Russell is the founding Editor of the International Journal of COPD, and is keen to increase the global awareness of COPD and provide a platform for scientific developments from across the world.
