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. 2018 Jan 1;10(2):24–30. doi: 10.1080/17571472.2017.1421020

Table 1.

Components of an integrated respiratory service.

Multidisciplinary team meetings Weekly in patient (n = 2)
Yes (n = 7)
Community clinics Yes (n = 4)
Hospital based (n = 1)
No (n = 2)
Not at the moment (n = 2)
Virtual clinics Email service (n = 1)
Yes (n = 2)
MDT meeting (n = 1)
Virtual ward round (n = 1)
No (n = 4)
Education for community staff Yes (n = 9)
Domiciliary visits Yes (n = 9)
Producing clinical guidance for avoidance/other pathways Yes (n = 9)
Supporting quality assured spirometry Trained (n = 1)
Provide training and education (n = 7)
Yes within rehab (n = 1)
Respiratory reviews in acute medical unit Yes (n = 6)
No (n = 2)
Covered by colleagues (n = 1)
Oxygen assessment service Yes (n = 6)
On caseload only (n = 1)
Nurse run service (n = 1)
For COPD patients only (n = 1)
Smoking cessation service Yes (n = 4)
Referrals (to hospital service, or smoking cessation service, n = 3)
Input from charity in clinics (n = 1)
Linked to local authority services (n = 1)
Advance care planning Yes (n = 7)
Part of a clinic (n = 1)
Yes (joined by community palliative care team for MDT (n = 1)
Other roles Clinical ethics committee, drugs and therapeutics committee (n = 1)
Inpatient ward round for inpatients – 3 times a week (n = 1)
Care planning conference, (plus mental health, psychiatrist, social worker, medical team OT and patient plus family + plus GP) (n = 1)