The current COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for primary care; not only must healthcare professionals manage the acute demands of COVID-19, but also maintain critical levels of care for their patients with chronic conditions. Reducing the risk of complications and mortality, minimising hospital admissions and providing continuity of care has rarely been more difficult than in the current environment, when time and resources are at a premium and many sources of specialist support are unavailable.

This virtual broadcast offers primary care professionals a quick-fire guide to managing the most common cardiometabolic chronic conditions at the frontline: when and how to manage routine monitoring, the support technology can offer, and key management adaptations to consider.