Lung Improvement - Presentations

Asthma Mid-Term Review 8 November 2011

The Asthma Mid-Term Review was held at The Hilton, Euston, London. This event was attended by the seven national improvement projects in the asthma work stream under NHS Improvement – Lung.

Improvement in the new era of the Commissioning Board
Dr Janet Williamson, National Director - NHS Improvement

Asthma : How best do we go forward?
Martyn R Partridge,Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Deputy Director of Education, Imperial College London, and
Senior Vice Dean Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore

Asthma programme update
Bronwen Thompson - Asthma lead, Dept Health

Mid-Term National Project Review

Introduction - National COPD projects mid term review
Phil Duncan, Director, NHS Improvement

Transforming outcomes for people with lung disease in England
Professor Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer and Joint National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease, Department of Health

Making the most of your data
Alex Porter, Senior Analyst, NHS Improvement

Think ABC to self manage your COPD surgery
Veor Surgery, Cambourne, Cornwall

Direct access pulmonary function testing
Dr Robert Buttery, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

COPD and end of life care
Helen Meehan, Lead Nurse Palliative Care and Clinical Champion End of Life Care

Home oxygen project
Toni Yel, Commissioning Development Manager

Next steps
Zoe Lord and Catherine Blackaby, National Improvement Leads, NHS Improvement

A series of SHA events were held around the country as part of the consultation on the National Strategy for COPD in England. Phil Duncan, Director for Lung Improvement delivered presentations about the Lung Improvement Programme at the events. Phil's slides and the other presentations from this event can be found on the respiratory events website.