FIGURE 1.

An audit of the post-hospitalisation pulmonary rehabilitation pathway in a northwest London hospital. Out of 448 hospital discharges following severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a third of patients were not eligible for pulmonary rehabilitation, principally due to the presence or consequences of co-morbidities. <15% of eligible patients (9% of all patients) completed a post-hospitalisation pulmonary rehabilitation programme. AECOPD: acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.