This webinar was fully funded by MSD as a sponsor of this webinar. PCCS is solely responsible for the content, agenda and faculty of this webinar, except for the MSD-sponsored symposium. MSD is responsible only for the content and speakers of its sponsored symposium and has had no input into any other aspect of the agenda, content and faculty.
Join the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society for an insightful webinar focused on the assessment of breathlessness in primary care, taking place on Tuesday, 24th November 2026, from 19:00-20:30. Through real-world insights and clinical guidance, this webinar aims to support the timely diagnosis of cardiopulmonary disease and pulmonary hypertension and optimise patient care pathways.
Following this webinar, participants should be better equipped to:
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Recognise key signs and symptoms of cardiopulmonary disease in patients presenting with breathlessness
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Apply practical approaches to the assessment and investigation of breathlessness in primary care
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Interpret common echocardiography findings within clinical practice
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Identify patients who may have pulmonary hypertension and determine the most appropriate referral pathway
We hope you can join us for what promises to be an insightful webinar
This webinar was fully funded by MSD as a sponsor of this webinar. PCCS is solely responsible for the content, agenda and faculty of this webinar, except for the MSD-sponsored symposium. MSD is responsible only for the content and speakers of its sponsored symposium and has had no input into any other aspect of the agenda, content and faculty.
Agenda
Tuesday 24th November 2026
19:00
Welcome & Introduction
- Speaker: Beverley Bostock
19:05
From Breathlessness to the Echo Report: Early Recognition and Practical Assessment of Cardiopulmonary Disease
- Speaker: Prof Raj Thakkar
19:35
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) through Echo ARt 3D, an interactive and educational app
- Speaker: Stanley Tang, MSD Employee
This session has been organised and fully funded by MSD. MSD was not involved in organising the rest of the agenda, content and faculty.
20:00
Pulmonary Hypertension: Closing the Gap Between Suspicion, Diagnosis and Quality Care
Agenda subject to change
This webinar was fully funded by MSD as a sponsor of this webinar. PCCS is solely responsible for the content, agenda and faculty of this webinar, except for the MSD-sponsored symposium. MSD is responsible only for the content and speakers of its sponsored symposium and has had no input into any other aspect of the agenda, content and faculty.
Speakers
Beverley Bostock
PCCS President, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Mann Cottage Surgery and Editor in Chief, Practice Nurse Journal
Beverley is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in long-term conditions. She is currently President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. She has a special interest in cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and lipid management along with common comorbidities such as metabolic liver disease, asthma and COPD. She is Editor-in-Chief of Practice Nurse Journal and has been a Queen’s Nurse since 2015. In a previous role she developed and delivered accredited modules in cardiovascular disease, heart failure and diabetes in collaboration with the Open University. As well as holding an MA in Medical Ethics and Law and an MSc in Respiratory Care, Bev has a Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from the University of Warwick. Bev has had an extensive range of articles published in various journals on the management of long-term conditions and is a regular speaker at national conferences.
Prof Raj Thakkar
PCCS Past President and CKD representative
Raj trained at UCL and in the Oxford Deanery. His varied roles include GP partner since 2004, primary care cardiology lead for the Oxford Health Innovation Network and national primary care workstream co-lead for the cardiac transformation programme (NHSE). He is also on the national expert advisory groups for lipids, heart attack and heart failure. Raj is the Past President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University Medical School and Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Previous roles included Clinical Commissioning Director for Bucks CCG/BOB ICB, Cardiac Lead for the TV Strategic Clinical Network, and atrial fibrillation champion for NHSIQ Thames Valley. Raj has worked as a presenter on BBC Radio and is a medical writer, speaker, and advisor. He has written and published over 200 articles and several books including the MIMS consultation guide (BMA book of the year, Medicine, 2012).
Dr Chris Arden
GPSI Cardiology, Editor-in-Chief for PCCJ, Winchester, Hampshire
Chris Arden is a GP near Winchester, Hampshire. He also works in community cardiac clinics in Southampton and Winchester as a GPSI in cardiology, assessing patients with suspected heart failure, atrial fibrillation, palpitations, hypertension and valvular heart disease.
The community cardiac service provides echocardiography, ambulatory ECG, blood pressure and event recorder monitoring; receiving consultant mentorship support from secondary care and working in partnership with specialist heart failure and cardiac rehabilitation nursing colleagues.
He does a weekly stress echo clinic at Southampton General Hospital and has BSE accreditation in echocardiography.
Chris Arden is Editor in Chief of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal, a member of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, British Society of Echocardiography, British Society of Heart Failure and British Heart Valve Society. He is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Cardiology.
This webinar was fully funded by MSD as a sponsor of this webinar. PCCS is solely responsible for the content, agenda and faculty of this webinar, except for the MSD-sponsored symposium. MSD is responsible only for the content and speakers of its sponsored symposium and has had no input into any other aspect of the agenda, content and faculty.
Prices
This event is free for all delegates.
This webinar was fully funded by MSD as a sponsor of this webinar. PCCS is solely responsible for the content, agenda and faculty of this webinar, except for the MSD-sponsored symposium. MSD is responsible only for the content and speakers of its sponsored symposium and has had no input into any other aspect of the agenda, content and faculty.
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