Lung Diseases: Mortality Rates

(asked on 27th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 107275, on the respiratory system, what reduction in avoidable deaths his Department plans to achieve by 2020.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 6th November 2017

The 2016/17 mandate to NHS England contains objectives aimed at reducing premature mortality, including respiratory illness. This is complemented by the NHS Outcomes Framework 2016/17 which sets out the Department’s priority areas for the National Health Service and includes reducing deaths from respiratory disease as a key indicator. It also highlights the need to reduce unplanned hospital admissions due to asthma.

There are a range of initiatives being taken forward that will support reducing mortality rates amongst patients with lung disease. NHS England advises that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently producing new guidelines on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the ongoing National Audit on COPD will be joined by one on asthma next year. Specific programmes to reduce asthma deaths are already in place in London and at a specialised commissioning level for severe asthma.

NHS RightCare is a national NHS England supported programme committed to delivering the best care to patients, making the NHS’s money go as far as possible and improving patient outcomes. Their COPD pathway is expected to be published in December 2017.

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