The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme invites comment on the draft clinical dataset for the pulmonary rehabilitation audit, which is due to launch in March 2019.
People continue to wait too long for COPD treatment despite improvements in the organisation of care for patients according to three new reports released by the RCP.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) today announced its intent to deliver a new national clinical audit programme across England, Scotland and Wales that will improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with asthma and COPD.
The 'Planning for every breath' report has been published by the RCP’s National COPD Audit Programme as part of the Welsh government’s clinical audit and outcome review programme.
The 'Beyond breathing better' report from the RCP's National COPD Audit Programme reveals that people who complete a full pulmonary rehabilitation programme are much less likely to be admitted to hospital than those who do not.
A report from the RCP shows that 43% of patients admitted for hospital treatment of COPD were readmitted at least once in the 3 months following discharge.
A report by the RCP and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland shows further improvements in lung cancer surgery survival rates.
Today, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a report looking at the clinical effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care in primary care in England.
