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Raising Expectations of Respiratory Care in Sheffield
Helping to support healthcare professionals look after people with respiratory conditions, these pages have been set up to provide quick access to information and resources.
Winning The Fight For Breath
The campaign, Winning the Fight for Breath with COPD, has been shaped by respiratory and public health specialists, and is being delivered in the Sheffield area, to promote awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
For more information about the campaign click here.
Read about the project launch in the Public Health Development Nurses newsletter.
To download a patient information leaflet including the COPD Assessment Test click here.
Guidelines, forms & clinical resources
Local Guidelines & FormularyCOPD Winter Preparation Advice (266kb pdf)
Letter from Richard Oliver re publicising pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD (47kb pdf)
Sheffield Respiratory Formulary (172kb pdf)
Guidelines for the use of 'In-Check' as part of a review of inhaler technique (131kb pdf)
Community Respiratory Nurse Team referral criteria (24kb doc)
Community COPD Services referral form (33kb pdf)
Community COPD Services referral form (76kb Word)
Long Term Oxygen Referral Form (33kb Word)
Home Oxygen order form (302kb Word)
Pulmonary rehabilitation referral form (79kb Word)
Sheffield Respiratory Mental Health Team leaflet for referrers (36kb pdf)
Sheffield Respiratory Mental Health Team referral form (29kb pdf)
Sheffield Respiratory Mental Health Team referral form (92kb Word)
BTS Asthma Guidelines (updated January 2012)
NICE COPD Guidelines - Updated June 2010
Implementing NICE COPD guidance presentation (625kb ppt)
An outcomes strategy for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma
Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) is an independent charity representing primary care health professionals interested in delivering the best standards of respiratory care
Inhalers & Pharmacology
Inhaler and Spacer Patient Information Leaflets
Inhalers Teaching Package (Children’s Hospital) (NHSnet only)
Clinic Resources
Asthma Control Test (51kb pdf)
Asthma and COPD Templates (7kb pdf)
Children's Asthma Control Test (1.15mb pdf)
COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is is designed to measure the impact of COPD on a person's life, and how this changes over time. The CAT is very simple to administer, and aims to help clinicians manage a patient's COPD better.
www.catestonline.org
Also inside this section:
COPD Self Management Plans
COPD Self Managment plans are available free of charge to Sheffield healthcare professionals. Contact Public Health Development Nurses: Tel: 0114 3051961, Email: shef-pct.PHNurseSupport@nhs.net.
COPD Information Pack
The purpose of this Information Pack is to help healthcare staff employed by Sheffield Primary Care Trust and staff in Sheffield’s care homes to deliver safe and effective care to patients with COPD. This Information Pack should also act as an aid to healthcare workers when educating patients with COPD about their condition and how best to care for themselves.
Contact
Andrew Booth (Hallam & South, and North Localities)
Te: 0114 3051551
Mobile: 07875 396861
andrew.booth1@nhs.net
Joanne Watson (Central & West Localities)
Tel: 07816 271547
j.watson11@nhs.net
Public Health Development Nurses Leaflet (169kb pdf)
Public Health Development Nurses homepage on NHS Sheffield intranet
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