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PCRS-UK Quality Award
Recognising Quality Respiratory Care in Practice

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About the award

The award is designed to be ‘achievable but stretching’ for practices, such that any well organised practice should be capable of providing the range of services required, and submitting the necessary evidence.

The award links to and/or compliments existing national quality standards (including QoF), national guidelines for respiratory care and is compatible with national strategies and policies.

There are three modules in the award:

Clinical
Organisational
Practice team

Each module comprises of specific standards which practices applying for the award will be required to demonstrate that they achieve using well recognised forms of analysis including audit, case studies, significant event analyses, protocols, and surveys

The award offers practices a valuable developmental experience, whilst being relatively straightforward to complete

The PCRS-UK wishes to acknowledge the support of Allen & Hanburys, the specialist respiratory division of GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd,
AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd / Pfizer Ltd, Chiesi Ltd, MSD UK Ltd, Napp Pharmaceuticals and Teva UK Limited
in the provision of educational grants to support the PCRS-UK Respiratory Quality Award. © PCRS-UK

A Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) project developed by a working party including representation from:- Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, Asthma UK, British Lung Foundation,
British Thoracic Society, Education for Health, Respiratory Education UK and the Royal College of General Practitioners

Working Party:
Co-Chairs: Dr Iain Small, PCRS-UK, Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones Working Party Members: Dr John Warwick RCGP QPA; Dr John O Kelly, NI RCGP; Dr Steve Holmes PCRS-UK; Anne Smith PCRS-UK; Dr Mark Hopkin GP; Dr Tarek Bahkt GP; Dr Raj Ramachandram PCRS-UK; Dr Richard Russell, BTS; Sheila Edwards, BTS; Dr Mike Morgan, BTS; Carol Stonham, PCRS-UK; Stephanie Wolfe, PCRS-UK; Bronwen Thomson, PCRS-UK; Monica Fletcher, Education for Health; Gill Hall, Respiratory Education UK; Dame Helena Shovelton, BLF; Kate Leach BLF; Annette Duck, ARNS; Simon Selo, Asthma UK; Neil Churchill, Asthma UK; Project Manager: Inez Gentles