This page provides a series of resources to support services who are participating in the audit of COPD secondary care, or who are eligible to participate and would like more information.
Eligibility
All hospitals in England and Wales who admit people with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) are eligible to participate. To register your hospital, please complete and send the registration and Caldicott Guardian approval forms below to copd@rcp.ac.uk.
Information governance
Audit and data collection guidance for participating services
Information to share with patients
Information for patients and details about how NACAP works in partnership with patients and carers can be found on the patient information and support page.
Quality improvement (QI) support for COPD services
Generic and COPD specific QI support is available for everyone on the NACAP website. This includes:
- Recommendations for QI priorities
- Slide-sets highlighting key findings from clinical audit reports, to inform and support clinical teams to make improvements.
- Templates for driver diagrams, PDSA cycles and SMART aims.
For more information about NACAP’s QI strategy and activities, see the NACAP QI page.
Examples of good practice
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See the COPD good practice repository for ideas on how to drive improvements in your service or contact copd@rcp.ac.uk if you have an example that you would like to share with others.
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The secondary care audit also has a programme page on the Respiratory Futures website, as well as a forum where healthcare professionals can share learning about how they use the audit.