Improving respiratory care across the region
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Yorkshire and the Humber COPD team
NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Respiratory Network
Contacts and Further Informaiton
| What is COPD?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. People with COPD have trouble breathing in and out. This is referred to as airflow obstruction. Breathing difficulties are caused by long-term damage to the lungs, usually because of smoking.
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National strategy
The Department of Health's national COPD strategy promises to change the way we work so we can be better at preventing and treating this condition.
The national strategy is a golden opportunity to improve respiratory care across the Yorkshire and Humber region, even in these financially difficult times.
The national strategy aims to:
- advise how local communities can prevent people getting COPD
- understand the risks of having poor lung health
- secure improvements to the diagnosis of and care of people with the disease
- reduce health inequalities
The strategy aims to support people with COPD and their carers by offering practical advice and education on managing their disease. The aim is that everyone with COPD receives high-quality and effective health and social care services from the right person, at the right time, in the right place, at the same time ensuring that this care provides good value for money for taxpayers.
Yorkshire and the Humber COPD team
Click here to see pen portraits of the Yorkshire and the Humber Respiratory Health Steering Group.
The Yorkshire and the Humber team are committed to improving the experience of those with COPD and asthma, including those who have yet to have their condition diagnosed, by ensuring a high standard of care is available across the whole region.
In order to do this it is important we get accurate information on what we're currently doing, where things are being done well and where there are weaknesses. Regional events have shown the innovative approaches that some local teams have adopted and we need to learn from these and support wider adoption.
The Lung Improvement Project will also play an important part in this. http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/lung/
Workstreams
Objective 1:
The two over-arching objectives for the first part of the strategy are:
- Prevention – so that people make healthy choices about their life and reduce their chances of getting lung disease
- Supporting early identification - so that people recognise the symptoms of lung disease and seek advice from healthcare professionals
Objective 2:
- Good quality early diagnosis - so that people get an accurate diagnosis and there is clear differentiation of COPD from asthma and other diagnoses
Objective 3:
- High quality care and support following diagnosis - by developing an organised, proactive, multidisciplinary approach to the management of COPD including both chronic and acute care
Objective 4:
- Improving access to end of life care services - by improving access to high-quality care for both people with severe COPD and those needing end of life care, wherever they choose to receive it
NHS Yorkshire and Humber Respiratory Network
This network is for health professionals from across the region who are interested in the work of the COPD team. It allows them to:
- keep up to date with the progress of the respiratory programme
- learn about the plans of the COPD team and be involved in the work
- take forward those plans locally, where applicable
- share good practice across the patch
- join a discussion forum
Health professionals can sign up by clicking here (click on the 'join this network' and head over to the 'registriation form'). You will then receive an e-mail containing a URL that will allow you to set your password and preferences (it's advisable to set this to 'auto alerts')
The work of the Yorkshire and the Humber COPD team will be undertaken in the context of a number of important local and national health agendas including QIPP - the Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention www.institute.nhs.uk/cost_and_quality/qipp/cost_and_quality_homepage.html
Latest news
'A Breath of Fresh Air' is the Yorkshire and Humber SHA quarterly newsletter that aims to bring you the latest news and information about respiratory disease in your area.
YHSHA Respiratory Newsletter July 2011 (872.7KB)
Click here to see other news from the COPD programme in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Education and Training
Useful documents and links
Asthma impact project (70.8KB)
Better for Less COPD pack (558.9KB)
Good Asthma Services (178.9KB)
Resource pack for childhood asthma (70.8KB)
Children Asthma Guideliines pdf ver (7.5MB)
Useful links
Yorkshire and the Humber Quality Observatory
Contacts/further information
Dr John White and Dr Maria Read are joint clinical leads for the Yorkshire and the Humber Respiratory Health Steering Group.
Lisa Chandler is the Yorkshire and the Humber Respiratory Programme Manager and can be contacted on 01924 315788 or Lisa.Chandler@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk
If you have any comments about this site please contact Nicola Phillis, Respiratory Programme Facilitator on 01924 315796 or n_phillis@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk
British Lung Foundation
Tel: 0191 2630276 (BLF North Region)
Email: bev.wears@blf-uk.org
Asthma UK
Our Supporter Care Team deals with queries about membership, donations and information, plus any general queries you have about Asthma UK. They are available by telephone Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
Tel: 0800 121 62 55
Email: info@asthma.org.uk
