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- Title
The Primary Care Respiratory Society-UK Quality Award: development and piloting of quality standards for primary care respiratory medicine.
- Authors
Gruffydd-Jones, Kevin; Small, Iain; Fletcher, Monica; Bryant, Tricia
- Abstract
In an attempt to improve the standards of primary respiratory care in the UK, the Primary Care Respiratory Society-UK (PCRS-UK), in conjunction with other leading respiratory-interested health professional and patient groups, has devised a General Practice Quality Award for Respiratory Medicine. The Award is divided into three modules separated into a total of seven clinical standards (in parentheses): 'Clinical' (prevention, early and accurate diagnosis, acute care, chronic care); 'Organisational' (equipment); and 'The Practice Team' (practice learning needs, educational strategy). Assessment is by submission of a written portfolio of 37 pieces of evidence including audit, reflective learning, patient feedback, and significant event analyses. The Award was piloted in five respiratory-interested practices across the UK. The practices reported improvements in practice organisatiori, practice teamwork, improved process measures such as improvement in quality of spirometry, and improved patient access to patient services. All practices in the UK are being invited to apply for the Award in 2013. It is hoped that it will provide a framework and stimulus for provision of high-quality primary respiratory care, not only in the UK, but also some aspects of the Award may be applicable on a wider international scale.
- Subjects
PRIMARY care; PULMONARY function tests; TEAMS in the workplace; QUALITY of service; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 3, p353
- ISSN
1471-4418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4104/pcrj.2013.00065