North West update- Preeti Sud, Project Manager

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

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Aims of NW Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team:

1. Uniform High Level Standards of Care2. Positive Patient Experience3. Confident Commissioning of Effective

Services

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

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Page Title here Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

•Acute Care•HOS-AR•Medicines Management

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•Regional Board

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

•Regional Representation•Patient & Public Representation•Local Representation

•Asthma Steering Group•Regional Representation•Patient & Public Representation•Local Representation

•Kite Marking Expert Group•Medicines Management Sub Group•HOS Sub group

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Governance structure

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team•Board and various sub groups•Yearly audit•Specific questionnaires and reports e.g. PR•Linking into CQUINs, contracts, LES/DES•Follow up on action plans after events

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What’s happening Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

•National agenda•Regional work•Clinical Best Practice•Good practice awareness•Adoption of work e.g. SLOS, Discharge Bundle•Website, Facebook, Twitter, •Reports, Toptips, guidelines

•AQuA•Data aligned to 13 NICE standards•Good practice aligned to the standards•Support for local initiatives

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What’s happening Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

•Joint working with BLF, Inspiration NW•Patient change champions •Expert Patient in each CCG

•Integrated teams•GP/PN lead from each CCG

•Pulmonary Rehab•Meds Management•HOS•PN/Education leads•Website

•Regional End of Life Care initiative, Tobacco Free futures, NHS Improvement, SDM, Advancing Quality, Regional Comms

•Regional initiatives delivered by NWRCPT & Kite Marking

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1. Key Lessons to Date

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team

Respiratory Clinical Pathway Team•Circulation list is never complete•Connections are important•Someone has already done or is thinking about what you want to do

2. Issues and Challenges•Engagement and commitment from Senior Management – but we have been lucky•Ensuring quorum for regional board meeting•Lots to do but only 4 members to work•Working with CCGs•Who is thinking about the region in the new system

3. Support needed and current gaps•Teams need support – measuring outcomes, audit – can Lung Improvement help (How do you know you are making a difference)•Train programme managers/project managers to answer change questions•Clinical network like Cancer and Stroke 8

Thanks to the engaged NW teams & patients.

We tweet @skimmingstones1,2,3,4

Working together to improve respiratory care in the North West

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Coalitions is essential, he believes, because change needs to come at a systemic level, which needs all major players in society to commit to change – Unilever CEO

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