COPD

The National COPD Audit Programme: assessing and improving uptake of local COPD specialist services - a pilot study

•  Download a copy of the National COPD Audit Programme: assessing and improving uptake of local COPD specialist services - a pilot study (PDF 998Kb)

National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) final report

• The National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) Final Report (PDF 322KB)

National COPD Audit reports 2008

• Resources and organisation of care in Acute NHS units across the UK (PDF 1188kb)
• Clinical audit of COPD exacerbations admitted to acute NHS units across the UK (PDF 1348kb )
• UK Primary Care Organisations: resources and organisation of Care (PDF 689kb )
• Patient Survey (PDF 646kb )
• Survey of COPD care within UK General Practices (PDF 728kb )
•  The National COPD Audit 2008 quality indicators (PDF 728KB)

National COPD Audit reports 2003

• Clinical proforma from the 2003 COPD audit (MS Word 95kb )
• Resource proforma from the 2003 COPD audit (MS Word 105kb)
• The National COPD Audit 2003 report (PDF 169kb )

National COPD Audit reports 2001

• 2001 audit processes (31kb MS Word )
• Clinical proforma from the 2001 audit (160kb MS Word )
• COPD report from the 2001 audit (PDF 1.3Mb )

Posters presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2008 

• Good Practice in Palliative Care Services for COPD Patients (PDF 46.4kb )
• Provision of Care for Acute COPD in UK Hospitals: Survey of Acute NIV Provision for COPD Exacerbations (PDF 63.7kb )
• Provision of Oxygen Services for Patients with COPD in UK Hospitals (PDF 59.4kb )
• Provision of Care for Acute COPD in UK Hospitals: Survey of Early Discharge Schemes (EDS) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) (PDF 62.2kb )
• Organisation of Care for Acute COPD in UK Hospitals: Progress since 2003 (PDF 61.7kb )

Abstracts presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2009

• NIV mortality in clinical practice - the 2008 UK National COPD Audit (1.02 MB)
• Acidosis in COPD exacerbations admitted to hospital - the UK National COPD Audit (996 KB)
• Social care and discharge planning for COPD patients: lessons from the UK 2008 Audit (263 KB )

Posters presented at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2008

• Self reported good practice and innovation delivered by Primary Care Organisations for COPD patients (PDF 130KB)
• National audit of Primary Care Organisations service provision for COPD patients (PDF 109KB)
• Are we meeting the standards for provision of NIV services in the UK?: Results from the National COPD Audit 2008 (PDF 111KB)

Posters presented at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2009

• Palliative care service provision for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients - mapping current and proposed service developments against palliative care gold standards (PDF 1.82 MB)
• Is review in the chest clinic or GP surgery advantageous? Clues from the 2008 UK COPD Audit (976 KB )
• An empirical analysis of the 2008 National COPD Audit: How to potentiate patient self management (263 KB) 

Poster presented at the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK conference September 2009 (formerly the General Practice Airways Group)

• A thematic analysis of the 2008 National COPD Audit (PDF 1.76 MB)