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🫁 This , we join the global respiratory community in supporting greater awareness, equitable access to screening, and timely diagnosis for everyone at risk. https://goldcopd.org/world-lung-cancer-day-august-1-2026/

The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/lung-cancer-screening/ is transforming outcomes across the UK by identifying lung cancer earlier in people at higher risk.

The latest edition of the Newsletter has now been sent to members. Check your inboxes! If you are not yet a member of the ARTP, please visit www.artp.org.uk/join to apply to join. You can also bolt on ERS membership for an additional £40.

Promoting and improving respiratory & sleep physiology for 50 years, 1976-2026

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The latest edition of the ARTP Spirometry Newsletter has now been emailed to all Spirometry certificate holders and current candidates. If you are certified and have not received your copy, please Email Spirometry [email protected]

📢 Calling all ARTP Members! We need your feedback on the ARTP Inspire Journal. Check your inboxes for the survey link 📩

As a member of the for Lung Health, ARTP supports the call for government to commit to the development and implementation of a respiratory Modern Service Framework (MSF).

Respiratory conditions affect around one in six people in England and are the third[LB5.1] leading cause of death, yet we still lack a co-ordinated, system-wide approach to tackle this.

A respiratory Modern Service Framework (MSF) is our opportunity to change that. The Taskforce for Lung Health’s new report outlines the need and impact of a respiratory MSF. Read the full report here www.taskforceforlunghealth.org.uk/breathing-life-into-the-nhs-improving-outcomes-reducing-inequalities-and-enabling-innovation-through-a-respiratory-modern-service-framework/.

The evidence already exists, and so does the consensus. Patients, carers, clinicians, researchers, charities, professional bodies and industry are united behind the need for a respiratory MSF. A respiratory MSF would raise the bar for lung health, close widening inequalities, and spread proven, scalable, ready-to-implement solutions.

If the collaborative exercise ECG session with SCST at left you wanting to find out more, SCST are running ECG interpretation courses in September 2026
💖Two in person foundation courses (Birmingham 7th-8th or Belfast 11th-12th)
💖An online diploma course (14th-16th)

More details including how to book at their website https://scst.org.uk/events/category/foundationdiploma/

Pictured are ARTP Chair Jo Shakespeare (centre) with SCST's Andrea Morton and Jenny Tonkinson-Hoare at the ARTP conference in Belfast.

This online course provides an overview of lung function reporting and is designed to support the ARTP Practitioner professional examination. Click here for more info https://www.artp.org.uk/events/21/lung_function_reporting_1_day_online_masterclass_course

Last few places: ARTP Fundamentals of Sleep course (previously Basic Sleep). This 1-day course covers sleep breathing disorders, including physiology, diagnostics and treatments, with both theory and practical sessions. More info and booking: https://www.artp.org.uk/events/4/fundamentals_of_sleep_course_previously_basic_sleep

The latest edition of the Newsletter has now been sent to members. Check your inboxes!
If you are not yet a member of the ARTP, please visit www.artp.org.uk/join to apply to join. You can also bolt on ERS membership for an additional £40.

Promoting and improving respiratory & sleep physiology for 50 years, 1976-2026

ARTP would like to send congratulations to Edward Simpson and Tatenda Samuels, for successfully gaining equivalence with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS).
Edward for the Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) and Tatenda for the Scientist Training Programme (STP), both completed earlier this year and were supported by ARTP bursaries.

Further guidance with regards to the equivalence process can be found on the AHCS website at https://ahcs.ac.uk/equivalence/about-equivalence/