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Last modified date:24 April 2008
Patients feel the benefits of being weather-wise
An award-winning project to support the forecasting of weather conditions which may exacerbate respiratory disease symptoms reduced hospital admissions of those with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) by 82%.
The project, which ran from 2004-2006 at Chilcote Surgery in Torquay, was supported by the Met Office, Torbay Care Trust and the Improvement Foundation.
COPD patients were presented with special information packs, including room thermometers and a guide of action they could take to avoid symptoms worsening and requiring professional intervention. The practice developed a COPD register to identify those most at risk and appointed a specialist nurse coordinator to make it easier and quicker to communicate with patients.
For information contact Improvement Foundation Assistant Director Alison Stephens on 01803 861886 or using the email address below.
High impact changes for practice teams
The NHS Institute's Primary Care/Long Term Conditions Team have jointly produced with the Improvement Foundation a set of high impact changes for practice teams.
Report published on providing better care for patients with long-term conditions
Patients living with long-term medical conditions such as heart failure and chronic respiratory conditions are the focus of a report published by NHS Employers.
The report is the result of a 10-month national programme involving more than 60 organisations from across the NHS, social services and the voluntary sector in England. Over the 10 months, the organisations reviewed the services they provided to patients with long term conditions and found they could dramatically improve patient care and free up hospital beds at the same time.
Workforce development resource pack
This resource pack is designed to give some examples of workforce changes relating to long term conditions (LTC) that are currently being piloted or have been implemented. The guide also acts as a signpost to other documents and projects that can be accessed to aid the planning process.
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