This section is intended for clinicians caring for children with asthma in a hospital or tertiary care setting. It outlines examples of best practice in the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of children and young people with asthma in an acute setting. There are a number of children who have persistent symptoms or frequent exacerbations […]
All health professionals need to have the competence, knowledge, skills and confidence to care and treat children and young people (CYP) with respiratory disease. The National Bundle of Care (NBC) for CYP with asthma has a section on training and competencies (National Capabilities Framework for professionals who care for CYP with asthma) Good integrated care is […]
This section is intended for clinicians caring for children with asthma in a hospital or tertiary care setting. It outlines examples of best practice in the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of children and young people with asthma in an acute setting. Asthma management in emergency departments Acute asthma is a relatively common emergency in […]
This section is intended for clinicians caring for children with asthma in primary, community, hospital or tertiary care settings. Audit against the National bundle of care, London asthma standards, the NICE quality standards and ongoing improvement are essential components of good asthma care. National bundle of care for CYP with asthma NICE Asthma Quality Standard […]
This section is intended for clinicians caring for children with asthma in primary, community, hospital or tertiary care setting. It outlines examples of best practice in the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of children and young people with asthma. If a child has a personalised asthma action plan they are four times less likely to […]
The majority of children and young people with asthma are cared for within the community by their GP and the practice nurse. Some patients require more support within a hospital or tertiary care setting. This section provides tools to support doctors and healthcare professionals in primary, community and secondary care to develop high quality asthma […]
Here at Healthy London Partnership, we’re on a mission to ensure London’s social prescribing system is not only sustainable but thriving. But we, and the partners we work with to make this happen, are increasingly aware of just how challenging this is, especially right now. Public services are overwhelmed, the voluntary sector is starved of […]
GPs should consider referring patients whose symptoms and signs may be due to cancer, but the tumour site is not clear, to the Non-Specific Symptom Pathway managed by your local Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC). A Site Specific Pathway remains appropriate if there is GP concern, but the tumour site of origin seems clear, even if […]
The London Health and Care Partnership (HCP) has announced a non-recurrent funding opportunity for projects supporting the priorities of the London Vision over the next financial year (2023/24). Improving the health and care of Londoners through better, more integrated service delivery is a key priority for the HCP. The Partnership is working collaboratively with stakeholders […]
The Transforming Cancer Services Team and Elective Care Improvement Support Team have been supporting Integrated Care System (ICS) led demand and capacity (D&C) modelling for CT, MRI and ultrasound across North Central and North East London systems. The approach was initially developed with the Southwest London ICS using the national demand and capacity teams ‘Core […]