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Using Population Health Management to target COPD support for low, medium and high risk groups in Dorset

Case study summary Nearly 3,000 people in Dorset with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) at risk of degenerating health were helped to manage their condition and improve their wellbeing using a Population Health Management approach. A mix of analysts, nurses, social prescribers, GPs, a consultant, a patient group and local authority colleagues in Weymouth and […]

Forty high-risk people with COPD given help to address wider determinants through PHM

Case study summary Forty people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were given help from a health and wellbeing coach or social prescriber to improve control over their condition by pinpointing two issues which ‘mattered most to them’. The Proactive Care Team, at Holderness Health Primary Care Network, worked on the project as part of […]

World COPD Day – Don’t ignore the symptoms

Reflecting on World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day last week, the Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation talks about respiratory health and looking after the nation’s lungs. Last week World COPD Day took place. It was great to see so much conversation taking place across various channels about the importance of looking after […]

Respiratory Nurse delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients

Leading change The Nurse Consultant in the chest clinic at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust led on the development and implementation of a new Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) service for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD). By extending the respiratory nurses’ CBT skills, the programme has improved patient outcomes as […]

Improving asthma and COPD in primary care

Leading Change A general practice nurse (GPN), as the lead for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in her Northumberland general practice recognised an opportunity to improve patient outcomes by addressing unwarranted variation in practice. Where to look Evidence available nationally suggests that patients with self-care management plans in both COPD and asthma have […]

Delivery of a community based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathway, seven days a week

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been commissioned to expand its COPD service from five to seven days a week, as part of the clinical commissioning group’s (CCG) overall strategy to improve patient outcomes and experience.

Hospital admissions due to smoking up nearly 5% last year, NHS data shows

Smoking-related hospital admissions in England increased by nearly 5% in 2022-23, compared to the previous year, but remain lower than before the Covid pandemic. Latest statistics from NHS England show that in 2022-23 there were an estimated 408,700 hospital admissions due to smoking, a rise from 389,800 in 2021-22 (an increase of 4.8%). The newly […]

Artificial intelligence to help boost NHS winter response and prevent avoidable admissions

Artificial intelligence (AI) will spot patients at risk of needing to go to hospital so community NHS teams can get to them first and reduce pressures on A&Es, as part of a range of tech and data solutions being rolled out across the NHS ahead of winter. Four GP practices in Somerset are trialling an […]

NHS delivers 10,000 virtual ward beds target with hundreds of thousands of patients treated at home

The NHS has delivered on its ambition to roll out 10,000 virtual ward beds by the end of September, new figures show today. More than 240,000 patients have now been treated on virtual wards thanks to the world-leading initiative, with research showing people who are treated at home recover at the same rate or faster […]