Podcast: The PCRS Blueprint for Neighbourhood Health in COPD

Katherine Hickman (GP) and Sarah Elkin (Consultant and RTP clinical lead for COPD Neighbourhood) introduce you to the PCRS blueprint for neighbourhood health and discuss how it can be used to implement effective Neighbourhood Health models across the country.

In August 2026, PCRS launched its Blueprint for Neighbourhood Health in COPD. In this podcast, Katherine Hickman (GP) and Sarah Elkin (Consultant and RTP clinical lead for COPD Neighbourhood) discuss the blueprint and how local areas can start to use it to implement effective Neighbourhood Health models for individuals with COPD. 

As part of their discussion they address:

  • The background to Neighbourhood Health, why a Neighbourhood Health in COPD model is needed and how it's been developed
  • The overarching principles of the main Neighbourhood Health model 
  • What the full blueprint includes
  • What it can achieve 
  • How people can start to use the proposed model and examples of what is already taking place.
 

 

The Primary Care Respiratory Society is grateful to its corporate supporters including AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Chiesi Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc, Lupin Healthcare Limited, and Trudell Medical UK Ltd for their financial support which supports the core activities of the Charity and allows PCRS to make its services either freely available or at greatly reduced rates to its members. Corporate sponsors have no input into the content of PCRS resources.
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Blueprint for Neighbourhood Health in COPD

To support implementation of the 2025 10-year Health Plan: Fit for the Future, PCRS has developed a blueprint for what neighbourhood health could look like in the context of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This blueprint outlines how Neighbourhood Health models could organise COPD care around integrated local services.