Dr Nick Flynn provides a clinical overview of the various presentations of cough in the clinic November is a tough month in general practice. The summer is a distant memory, the annual flu vaccination campaign is in full flight and circulating cold and flu viruses are testing capacity in daytime and out-of-hours services. November does,…

Priscilla Lynch highlights the key findings of the Irish Thoracic Society’s recently-published Respiratory Health of the Nation 2018 report The Irish Thoracic Society recently called for the establishment of a national respiratory taskforce to address the rising tide of respiratory disease in Ireland. The call came at the launch of the Society’s major new report…