Safety, Quality and Standards
Service Frameworks
Respiratory Health and Wellbeing
The project lead for this framework was Dr Jenny Gingles Consultant in Public Health Medicine, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
Dr Gingles is also leading on the implementation of this framework
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Following its' first year of implementation, a number of suggested changes to the framework were endorsed by the Programme Board. All the documents below have now been updated, with the exception of the Easy Access Version.
Service Framework Documents
- Service Framework for Respiratory Health and Wellbeing - Full Document V2 (PDF 1260 KB)
- Summary of Standards (PDF 115 KB)
- Easy Access Version (PDF 10.3 MB)
Below are links to each section for quick access to your area of interest -
- Foreword (PDF 11 KB)
- Section 1: Introduction (PDF 31 KB)
- Section 2: Service Framework for Respiratory Health and Wellbeing - Background and Introduction (PDF 25 KB)
- Section 3: Why Develop a Service Framework for Respiratory Health and Wellbeing - Background and Introduction (PDF 37 KB)
- Section 4: Standards for Communication and Personal and Public Participation (PDF 36 KB)
- Section 5: Standards for Health Promotion (PDF 74 KB)
- Section 6: Standards for Specific Conditions
- 6.1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (PDF 70 KB)
- 6.2 Asthma in Adults (PDF 54 KB)
- 6.3 Asthma in Children and Young People (PDF 75 KB)
- 6.4 Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Adults (PDF 18 KB)
- 6.5 Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Children and Young People (PDF 21 KB)
- 6.6 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea Syndrome in Adults (PDF 62 KB)
- 6.7 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome in Children and Young People (PDF 28 KB)
- 6.8 Long Term Ventilation in Children and Young People (PDF 25 KB)
- 6.9 Cystic Fibrosis (PDF 42 KB)
- 6.10 Bronchiectasis (PDF 38 KB)
- 6.11 Tuberculosis (TB) (PDF 42 KB)
- 6.12 Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) (PDF 24 KB)
- Section 7: Standards Relating to All Conditions
- 7.1 Nebuliser Treatment (PDF 28 KB)
- 7.2 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PDF 22 KB)
- 7.3 Transitional Care for Adolescents with Chronic Respiratory Disease (PDF 19 KB)
- 7.4 Lung Transplantation (PDF 19 KB)
- 7.5 Acute Oxygen Therapy (PDF 16 KB)
- 7.6 Social and Emotional Support (PDF 31 KB)
- 7.7 Information (PDF 25 KB)
- Section 8: Standards for Supportive and Palliative Care (PDF 200 KB)
- Appendices (PDF 94 KB)
