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Inhaler Check-up Service
The Inhaler Check-up Service is commissioned in Leeds and a selected area of Bradford (Community Partnership 5). This service aims to improve patients’ ability to manage their own asthma and/or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) through improving inhaler technique and ensuring that they are able to use their inhalers effectively and correctly.
Below you will find information for both Bradford and Leeds services and a range of additional resources.
Bradford Inhaler Check-up Service
The Inhaler Check-up service is commissioned by The Bradford Moor Practice to pharmacies in and around Community Partnership 5 . The Inhaler Check-up service is being commissioned until November 2020 and can be offered to patients with inhaled medication for asthma and / or COPD.
Bradford Inhaler Service Specification
Please keep checking this page as we will add further links to a range of documents to support service delivery in your pharmacy.
Leeds Inhaler Check-up Service
The Inhaler Check-up service is commissioned by NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The Inhaler Check-up service is being commissioned until 31st March 2020 and can be offered to patients with inhaled medication for asthma and / or COPD.
Below you will find links to a range of documents to support service delivery in your pharmacy.
Inhaler Service Specification to 31st March 2020
Contract Variation Letter - May 2019
Contract Variation Agreement - May 2019
NHS Standard Contract 17/18 and 18/19 Particulars - May 2018
Asthma Control Test (ACT) Form
COPD Assessment Test (CAT) Form
COPD Assessment Test (CAT) User Guide
Inhaler Technique Consultation Form
Leeds Inhaler Device Guide Updated
Inhaler Service Consultation Guide
Inhaler Service Resource List Updated
BLF Leaflet - Questions to ask your patients
Inhaler Check-up Training Presentation Updated - Presentation from the Inhaler Check-up Training Event
Additional Resources
Bulletins
Leeds CCG: Winter Advice for Asthma Patients - January 2019
Training Video
Please see the link below to the face-to-face training for the Inhaler Check-up Service that was delivered by Toby Capstick, Lead Respiratory Pharmacist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This can be used to qualify for having completed the face-to-face training that is required to deliver the service or also as a refresher for inhaler technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oMeYAjKu-o&t=1s.
CPPE Modules
Various e-modules are available to support Declaration of Competence:
- Asthma Focal Point: https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/asthma-p-02/
- COPD Focal Point: https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/copdfp-p-02/
- Inhaler Technique for Health Professionals: https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/inhalers-e-02/
- Inhaler Technique Training Videos – https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/inhalers-e-00/
- Prioritising Services, Improving Outcomes: prioritise-e-01
Improve your technique in three minutes! - http://www.asthma.org.uk/inhalervideos
Asthma UK and the UK Inhaler Group have created a new collection of easy-to-watch videos covering all the major brands.
These have been developed with support from the UKCPA Respiratory Group and other organisations as members of the UK Inhaler Group.
These are a great resource to support inhaler technique training for both patients and healthcare professionals in addition to face-to-face training.
Primary Care Modules
These CPD e-modules from the Primary Care Respiratory Academy will help support Declaration of Competence. You can access them all at: http://www.respiratoryacademy.co.uk/clinical-resources/cpd-modules/ and they cover: Inhaler devices; Supported self-management in COPD; Management of comorbidities in asthma; Management of comorbidities in COPD; Smoking cessation; Spirometry; Acute exacerbations of COPD; Supported asthma self-management; Childhood wheeze; and The value of tests in respiratory disease.
The Primary Care Respiratory Academy has been developed and produced by Cogora, working in partnership with the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) with endorsement from the British Lung Foundation. Cogora publish Pulse, Nursing in Practice and Healthcare Leader. The initiative is supported by funding from Pfizer, on behalf of the Novartis-Pfizer Alliance, and from Napp Pharmaceuticals.
Asthma UK Resources - https://www.asthma.org.uk
Smokefree - https://www.nhs.uk/smokefree
Cancer Research UK - https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
Be Clear on Cancer - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/early-diagnosis-activities/be-clear-on-cancer
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary: Asthma - http://cks.nice.org.uk/asthma
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary: COPD - http://cks.nice.org.uk/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease
BTS Guidance: Asthma - https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/standards-of-care/guidelines/btssign-british-guideline-on-the-management-of-asthma/
Last Updated 2nd October 2019