COPD Workshop
The National Clinical Strategy for COPD is currently being developed by the Department of Health. This strategy was previously known as a National Service Framework (NSF) but following the publishing of the Lord Darzi report ‘High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review’, based on ways to reshape and improve the NHS, National Service Frameworks have now been re-classed as National Strategies. This has not affected the development of the COPD strategy.
National Strategies are ten-year plans for the NHS which aim to raise the quality of care across England for all people living with specified conditions; this will be the first ever strategy for a respiratory disease in England. The British Lung Foundation has been involved in the development of this from the beginning.
The Strategy will be out for consultation in 2009 and will be published in Spring 2010.
This workshop is aimed at health professionals who manage COPD patients and wish to keep updated on new developments.
National Strategies are ten-year plans for the NHS which aim to raise the quality of care across England for all people living with specified conditions; this will be the first ever strategy for a respiratory disease in England. The British Lung Foundation has been involved in the development of this from the beginning.
The Strategy will be out for consultation in 2009 and will be published in Spring 2010.
This workshop is aimed at health professionals who manage COPD patients and wish to keep updated on new developments.
Course Content
- An overview of COPD guidelines and national strategies and frameworks
- Asthma or COPD the difference
- Aetiology and epidemiology of COPD
- Statistical data
- Diagnosis and assessment of COPD
- What is spirometry and why do we measure this?
- Therapeutic management of COPD
- New evidence for pharmacological management
- Oxygen therapy correct use and changes in management
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- The management and prevention of COPD exacerbations in primary care
Aims/Objectives
- Provide continuing professional development in the management of COPD
- Be alert to the changing and developing management of this condition
Who should attend?
- Practice Nurses
- Community Matrons
- District Nurses
- Community Nurses
- Paramedics
- Allied Health Professionals
Duration
1 day
Price
£135.00 per person, including course materials and a certificate of attendance.
Course dates
In addition to any scheduled courses, we can also deliver this course to groups on your own site. For more information, contact us.
Book your place on this COPD workshop now.