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This resource, whilst written by an experienced healthcare professional and peer reviewed at the time of publication, has not been reviewed within the last three years and therefore does not take account of recent evidence or guidance.  The resource is provided as a reference tool only and the user should take into account the date that the item was published as being the date the material was considered accurate and complete.

 

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The COPD discharge care bundle is a short list of evidence-based actions which should be implemented prior to discharge for all patients who have been admitted with an acute exacerbation of COPD

This worksheet aims to provide some simple strategies to help identify high-impact COPD and support patients and carers

This worksheet offers succinct advice on the management of advanced COPD providing a simple flow chart of actions as well as links to relevant resources 

This worksheet helps practices to identify patients with undiagnosed COPD in an effective, efficient and practical way by providing a simple flow chart to follow and related links for more information.

This worksheet helps to support clinicians to identify the sub-group of their patients who are being treated with triple therapy outside of current guideline recommendations and offers a method for bringing their therapy into line with a more cost effective and clinically appropriate strategy.

This worksheets provides advice on simple steps you can take in the practice in a simple flow-chart format to help assess patients with advanced COPD and ensure they are given appropriate support.  The worksheets includes links to other relevant resources

This practice improvement worksheet helps to identify patients in whom control has been achieved, and risk minimised, so that inhaled corticosteroid dose reduction can be considered.  The worksheet provides a simple step-by-step flow chart and links to related resources

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine. This module focuses on end of life care in COPD.

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine.

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine.   This module focuses on structured respiratory review in COPD and asthma.

EQUIP is a simple modular-based tool for practices, clinical commissioning groups, health boards and other groups working in primary care respiratory medicine.  This module focuses on reducing admissions and unscheduled care in asthma and COPD.

Welcome to this PCRS-UK inaugural edition of Primary Care Respiratory Update Hilary Pinnock Chair's perspective: Why do people die from asthma – have we become complacent in primary care? Stephen Gaduzo Policy Round-Up Bronwen Thompson

A PCRS-UK Practice Improvement Worksheet to assist practices in delivering appropriate, evidence-based care and review following discharge for an asthma-related event.

This opinion sheet provides information on the structured delivery of the key components for asthma review 

This opinion sheet provides simple guidance for GPs on those respiratory conditions which are seen rarely in priumary care but which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lung disease