Quality prescribing strategy for respiratory: a guide for improvement
| Stepping down of chronic asthma drugs: Following a period of stable asthma, clinicians should consider stepping down treatment. The state of the art review ‘Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs’ on the BMJ website provides a helpful reference source. |
| NES TURAS (Webinars, e-learning) Asthma Turas |
| Respiratory education for health care professionals: RESPe is a free online learning resource provided by CHSS working with the University of Edinburgh for all healthcare professionals. https://www.respelearning.scot/ |
| CPD connect (PBSGL) Asthma (Log in required) |
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Asthma management
Asthma self-management plans |
| Check inhaler technique at every opportunity RightBreathe, UK Inhaler Group Standards |
| Greener practice has a toolkit designed to help UK general practices improve asthma outcomes whilst also reducing carbon emissions. It contains step-by-step Quality Improvement (QI) projects. Project resources include downloadable searches, educational videos, templates and patient information. Greener practice asthma toolkit |
| PCRS Asthma Right Care resources |
| Support management of breathlessness Breathing, thinking, functioning toolkit |
| Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and Asthma + Lung UK | Asthma home |
| NES TURAS (Webinars, e-learning) COPD Turas |
| Manage Medicines app |
| Respiratory education for health care professionals: RESPe is a free online learning resource provided by CHSS working with the University of Edinburgh for all healthcare professionals. https://www.respelearning.scot/ |
| CPD Connect (PBSGL) COPD (Log in required) |
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Diagnosis
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COPD management COPD self-management plans |
| Check inhaler technique at every opportunity RightBreathe, UK Inhaler Group Standards |
| Greener practice has a toolkit designed to help UK general practices improve asthma outcomes whilst also reducing carbon emissions. It contains step-by-step Quality Improvement (QI) projects. Project resources include downloadable searches, educational videos, templates and patient information. Greener practice asthma toolkit |
| PCRS COPD resources |
| Managing COPD at end-of-life |
| Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and Asthma + Lung UK | Asthma home |
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PRESQipp Respiratory care | PrescQIPP C.I.C |
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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Green Impact for Health toolkit has been developed and can help any general practice improve their sustainability and environmental impact; reduce their harmful impact on planetary health, the risks of climate change and reduce their practice expenses. It answers the question – ‘What can we do in our practice?’ and covers many aspects, including prescribing of inhalers. RCGP green impact for health |
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PCRS Greener Healthcare | Primary Care Respiratory Society (pcrs-uk.org) |
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) offers strategic input and consultancy on sustainable healthcare research and practice to national and local programmes. There is a CSH Sustainable Respiratory Care Network with many resources and projects shared. Sustainable Respiratory Care resources |