Prof Nicola Roberts
Professor in respiratory healthcare delivery at ENU Edinburgh #improvingrespiratorycare #ehealth #pulmonaryrehabilitation views are my own
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsWhen you hear 'data' you might think numbers – but in care homes, it's just everyday information like what residents eat and what calms them. New blog by Rachael Carroll shows how care teams can turn simple notes into better personalised care. Read here 👉 tinyurl.com/mvx4wu5e
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsSee below opportunity to participate in a delphi survey on eating ,drinking difficulties of people with learning disabilities. Led by @edinburghnapier.bsky.social in collaboration with @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social @nhsforthvalley.bsky.social @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social
- #BTSWinter25 - great view during the day but stunning at night!
- Inspiring the next generation to respiratory (and research) is crucial #BTSWinter25 -President’s Address
- #BTSWinter25 - 3 fantastic speakers today as part of the pulmonary rehabilitation symposium today- lots of good discussion across multiple conditions and exploring the importance of the components of PR - thanks also to my co-chair Gillian Doe
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsWe are delighted that Professor Clive Page OBE will be presenting the Grand Challenge Lecture: From Target to Treatment: Shaping Drugs for Respiratory Patients at the Winter Meeting. 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/WMProgramme25 🎫 brit-thoracic.uk/WM25 #BTSWinter2025
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsThe Poster Discussion sessions cover a huge number of topics and areas of interest and provide a platform for researchers from many different career stages. Find out more 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/WM25 #BTSWinter2025
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- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsThis morning we have the #CPGonLungHealth chaired by John Griffiths MS . We’ll be sharing the results of our Life With A Lung Conditions survey, talking about how to keep well at winter, and sharing our new diagnosis report
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- A beautiful cold crisp day travelling to #BTS2025 by train, looking forward to a busy conference!! #respisbest
- SAVE THE DATE - SCOTTISH PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACTION GROUP (SPRAG) CONFERENCE - 10th June 2026 (9.15-16.30) To be held at Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill campus) - close to train/tram/airports! Hybrid event - to join the mailing list/queries - Nicola n.roberts@napier.ac.uk
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsARRA members and others - can you help with this?
- Great to see both of the resp. projects I’m involved with, presenting today at the #BurdettNursingTrust meeting @lisacoleary.bsky.social (Napier uni) (developing a toolkit for nursing students on respiratory issues in those with LD) and Michaela Nuttall C3 Health (nurses and cigarette smoking)
- Great to see both of the resp. projects I’m involved with, presenting today at the #BurdettNursingTrust meeting @lisacoleary.bsky.social (Napier uni) (developing a toolkit for nursing students on respiratory issues in those with LD) and Michaela Nuttall C3 Health (nurses and cigarette smoking)
- Can you help with our project - SONKS programme for carers who support individuals with LD and eating, drinking/swallowing difficulties. Looking for: •HCPs who delivered the SONKS training •carers who received the SONKS training •Those supported by a carer who went on the SONKS training
- Lovely to see my collaborators at Stirling and Scotland’s smoking research highlighted at the #ERScongress #ERS2025 - such an important topic
- Exciting sessions today in 5C #ERScongress - Holistic yet personalised self-management of chronic respiratory diseases worldwide - why do we not just do more than inhaler technique at review appts
- Take home message: talk to the patient! It’s not just tick box exercises - the consultation and review are a crucial interaction
- Love this study looking at the lived experiences of those with COPD
- The effort of those with respiratory disease and how they organise their days - Prof Sam Harrison
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsLooking forward to hearing all the fantastic work involved in the CONNECT project #ERS2025 #ERScongress
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsBrilliant morning presenting the work of PREC at the ERS conference. Excited to share our findings about pulmonary rehabilitation written resources from our PPIE event. 🔹 Consistency is key 🔹 Balance of self directed vs taught learning 🔹 Clear, visually engaging target resources #ERS2025
- Lots of the PREC team presenting today at #ERScongress #ERS2025
- Last poster up (co-creation of a CPD toolkit focussing on self management of respiratory health issues in people with LD) at the #ERS2925 do come along for a chat we are still looking for healthcare professionals that have worked with those with LD and asthma
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsAlways looking for new members to join our respiratory networks from newbie researchers to experts! All welcome #ERS2025 - Nicola is at the conference if you want a chat!
- A surprisingly pain free commute to the ERS from my hotel by bus (with my navigation skills) - ready to go! #ERS2025
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- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsYou know you are going to a big conference when you get a welcome at the airport! #ERS2025
- Sunday morning attempt at my BTS slides and I need some help - can you tell me which staff roles are routinely part of respiratory MDTs in the UK? Would like a slide with them all listed

- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsThe ERS congress is nearly here! Any ARRA members going/presenting - let us know the details so we can highlight and support you! Tag us in!
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsDo you have intellectual (learning) disabilities and asthma? Care for someone who does? Are you a healthcare professional who has worked with this group, or currently does? If so - Prof Roberts and co. would love to hear from you! 👇👇👇👇👇
- We want to know how people with ID mange their asthma we are looking for survey responses from: * Those with ID/asthma – forms.office.com/e/YLH2xJmJzj * their carers/families: forms.office.com/e/r0eGq2Kfdd * HCPs who work with those with asthma and ID- forms.office.com/e/S9LPm0A2wd Please share!
- We want to know how people with ID mange their asthma we are looking for survey responses from: * Those with ID/asthma – forms.office.com/e/YLH2xJmJzj * their carers/families: forms.office.com/e/r0eGq2Kfdd * HCPs who work with those with asthma and ID- forms.office.com/e/S9LPm0A2wd Please share!
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- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsOur 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

- Could you share this with your networks, we are looking for * Those with intellectual disabilities and asthma – forms.office.com/e/YLH2xJmJzj * Carers/family members: forms.office.com/e/r0eGq2Kfdd * Healthcare professionals - forms.office.com/e/S9LPm0A2wd
- Reposted by Prof Nicola Roberts👉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
- It's PR awareness week - great to share a scottish perspective on improving access to PR www.prsas.org/news/improvi... #SPRAG #respiratory 🫁

- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsIdeas to raise awareness www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ff6f...
- In other good news - 3 posters and a talk at #ERS - my plans of a quieter summer have just disappeared!

- Well a fantastic #SPRAG #pulmonaryrehab conference today - thank you to all the speakers, exhibitors and the SPRAG team - a few technical hitches but we got there in the end! Thanks everyone 🥰

- It’s nearly here! Ready for the #SPRAG conference tomorrow!

- Would you like to come along to our #pulmonaryrehabilitation Scottish conference on the 10th of June - online and onsite options - looking like a fantastic day! Book your tickets skiddle.com/e/40641375 but get in touch for the booking form
- @lisacoleary.bsky.social (PI) presenting our #BurdettNursungTrust project on developing a toolkit for pre reg nurses on managing respiratory care in those with LD at the NHS Research Scotland Respiratory Research Day
- Lovely to present on our @arns-uk.bsky.social funded project on exposure to SHS during nurse visits to respiratory patients at the NHS Research Scotland Respiratory Research Day
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsBusy week collaborating with the physiotherapist students for their ICU simulation #ENU
- The fantastic duo #alisonporterarmstrong #Fintanconnelly (CEO TakeTen) giving an overview for our TakeTen project as part of @taytech.bsky.social #ENU
- An exciting day ahead - proud to be part of the #ENU team for one of the grand challenges #EdinburghNapierUniversity @taytech.bsky.social @enuocctherapy.bsky.social @enuinnovation.bsky.social
- Great to see this work finally out there! @arns-uk.bsky.social @enuteachered.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @unisouthampton.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social @pcrsuk.bsky.social @respfutures.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
- So excited that our ARRA team article "Assessing the Confidence of Graduating Pre-Registration Nurses to Use and Embed Respiratory Clinical Skills in Practice: A Mixed Methods Analysis" is finally in press ecronicon.net/assets/ecprm...
- #ATS2025 - looking forward to following in Bluesky for the first time - all things patient communication and pulmonary rehab - keep us updated!
- Reposted by Prof Nicola RobertsWhat an inspiring first day at the #arns2025 conference! A highlight was our first keynote speaker, Tommy Whitelaw - reminding us that "we make a difference"- what a passionate and emotive speaker. We need to treat as patients as "human beings" - what matters most to them?