The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) is inviting comment on the draft clinical dataset for the pulmonary rehabilitation audit, which is due to launch in March 2019.
This dataset has been designed for continuous audit and therefore, once launched, will be used to collect data on all adults with a diagnosis of COPD who have attended an initial assessment for pulmonary rehabilitation in England, Wales and Scotland.
The consultation is open to:
- all healthcare professionals, managers and commissioners
- patients, their families, carers and friends
- any member of the public with an interest in the condition and its treatment.
Professor Sally Singh, clinical lead (NACAP pulmonary rehabilitation workstream), said:
The new national pulmonary rehabilitation audit is an opportunity to collect data continuously on the quality and care of the service provision for individuals with COPD. We know that pulmonary rehabilitation is a highly valued and effective treatment for participants. This audit will allow us to support the development of the service, identifying areas of good practice and others where the services do not meet the expected standards.
This consultation is crucial to define the dataset and we would invite all stakeholders to contribute to this consultation, to ensure that the dataset is capturing information that is relevant and will make a big difference to rehabilitation services nationally.
The consultation will run until 9am on Thursday 9 August 2018.