Plenary - A Call to Action Dr Penny Woods, Chief Executive, British Lung Foundation Part of a set of presentations from NHS Improvement event: Better value, better outcomes held on Thursday 21 February 2013, Guoman Tower Hotel, London How to deliver quality and value in chronic care:sharing the learning from the respiratory programme

1. A Call to Action
Dr Penny Woods, Chief Executive,
British Lung Foundation
February 21 2013
15 months ago…
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2. 6 months ago…
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Today: a platform to build on
• Huge need continues. For COPD alone
– >1m diagnosed; est. 2.2 million undiagnosed
– 5th biggest killer in UK
– 2nd commonest cause of emergency admissions
• Importance of respiratory medicine recognised
– Outcomes framework indicators
– National Clinical Director at NHSCB
– HQIP COPD audit underway
– Widespread focus on prevention, early diagnosis, integrated care,
self-management, end of life care
• Excellent foundations
– Expertise, experience & relationships
– Many examples of excellence
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3. Today: BLF & Integrated Care
• Stoke Lung Improvement
– Breathe Easy N Staffs, NHS Stoke-on-Trent & HCPs
– High deprivation, ++ smoking & COPD
• Aim: to integrate a ‘vibrant supportive patient &
carer-led self help group’ into COPD care pathway
– Need-driven developments e.g. new venue,
welcome pack, newsletter, structured programme
– Recognition & referrals/signposting
• Impact:
• 75% are more confident in managing own condition
• 94% have better understanding of their condition Stoke
• 70% have more knowledge of what to do if ill
• Next steps: 22 groups involved. Model now
expanding to EoE. BLF leading next phase in East
Midlands
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Today: BLF & Self-management
Patients’ passports for COPD in the North West
• Patients & carers event to discuss personal
feelings & experiences
• 10 key messages mapped to COPD guidelines.
Refined into 7 steps of COPD patient
passport, to set expectations & to share with
GPs
• Passports printed & distributed to all CCGs in
NW
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4. Tomorrow: Better outcomes, better
experience, better lung health
Prevention
through
Public
Health
Excellent Awareness:
end of life public &
care HCPs
Support to Early
self accurate
manage diagnosis
Access to
Appropriate
high
specialists
quality Rx
involved
& care
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Tomorrow: Respiratory Alliance
• An organisation of organisations which will
– Bring patients & professionals together, to be a driving force for
promoting & improving lung health
– Provide a united, loud & respected voice on key policy issues
– Promote consistency & best practice
– Deliver specific work streams yet to be agreed
– Provide an opportunity to engage all key stakeholders
– Complement, not compete with, existing organisations in the
respiratory community
– Be independent of but working with DH/NHSCB
– Become operational over next few months
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5. Tomorrow: Respiratory Alliance
• For more information & to be involved:
Info@RespiratoryAlliance.org.uk
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