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Here's a taster of what is available to members on this page...

COPD Resources

	Quick Guide and slide set - Diagnosis and Management of COPD in Primary Care
	First Steps - How ready is your practice? Guidance on how to imrove quality and standards of care for patients with COPD
	First Steps - Quick Tips.  Quick tips and advice on how to improve the standards and quality of care of patients with COPD
	PCRJ supplement: Summary of the Consultation on a Strategy for COPD services in England
	Quick Reference Guide and slide set - Consultation on a strategy for Services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in England
	Quick Reference Guide - Outcomes Strategy for COPD & Asthma
	With nearly 20 opinion sheets offering a wide range of succinct summaries on all aspects of the diagnosis and management of COPD from spirometry to hospital at home care packages there's bound to be an opinion sheet offering just what you need
	With practice tools offering protocols, PGDs and clinic checklists offering a range of materials to assist practice nurses in delivering structured care in your practice for people with COPD

COPDexchange is a free, peer-led, practice focused educational resource about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It offers links and resources covering the fundamentals of delivering good care to patients with COPD.
The COPDexchange medical education initiative was developed and funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd and Pfizer Ltd. COPDexchange is peer reviewed and the editorial panel have retained final editorial control of the content. The opinions expressed in COPDexchange are not necessarily those of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd and Pfizer Ltd

Paper to Patient

Paper to Patient is an educational programme which assists healthcare professionals to translate the new Consultation on a strategy for Services for COPD in England (and respective Clinical Standards or Service Framework in Scotland or Northern Ireland) and updated NICE COPD Guideline.  The programme offers a series of interactive meetings and online training. 
The Paper to Patient programme has been funded by Allen & Hanburys, the specialist respiratory division of GlaxoSmithKline, and developed in partnership with PCRS-UK. Allen & Hanburys is funding the development of an educational package, consultation fees with PCRS-UK members, meeting logistics, and speaker fees.