The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) programme aims to improve the quality of care provided for people with COPD in the NHS in the UK. Co-ordinated at the RCP, the project includes national clinical audit and quality improvement activities.
The National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) tested peer review as a method for improving services in 2007. In 2010, we re-surveyed the units that participated in 2007 to measure whether change has been achieved three years after the orginal study.
Latest
1 Dec 2010
The NCROP Re-survey for 2010 has been published.
Aims of NCROP
To improve the quality and effectiveness of hospital care measured by improvements in four key services for people with COPD;
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Early discharge schemes
- Provision of oxygen services
- In addition, information about the provision of palliative care services for people with COPD will be collected.
- To assess whether a system of peer review, linking hospitals with different service provision is of more benefit in facilitating change than simple feedback of audit results.
- To accelerate the rate of improvement in both the organisation and delivery of care for people with COPD.
- Through external evaluation, identify what are the aspects that result in a change in practice.
The National COPD Audit 2008 was carried out under the auspices of the National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP).