Asthma: Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group

(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Department for Health and Social Care is taking to address the rate of emergency adult admissions to hospital for asthma and severe asthma at NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 6th July 2020

Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term Plan. The respiratory interventions proposed in the NHS Long Term Plan include early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory conditions, which help prevent avoidable emergency admissions for asthma.

The Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) ensures all practices establish and maintain a register of patients with an asthma diagnosis in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. An update to the General Practitioner contract includes an improved QOF asthma domain which incorporates aspects of care positively associated with better patient outcomes and self-management. NHS England also commissions the national asthma audit programme that provides data on a range of indicators to show improvements and opportunities in asthma outcomes. Audit data are then used by providers to assess the quality of their services and to support quality improvement.

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