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To celebrate PR awareness week this year, the PRSAS team has looked at the process of a PR programme, from the initial referral until the final assessment and discharge. We had the privilege of speaking with Michelle, from Imperial College Healthcare PR Service, and two of their patients who have recently completed one of their PR programmes, getting to hear their experience.

In August, the PRSAS team met with Sarah Claydon, Quality Improvement Project Officer – pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) Accreditation with East of England to discuss the process of engaging a project officer and take a region approach to accreditation. Sarah’s post will be ending towards the end of 2024, and 6 out of the 10 selected services will have completed their site assessment by the end of the 2023/2024 financial year - which a fantastic achievement for everyone involved!

Newcastle Hospitals Respiratory Service is a pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) service, who were accredited in 2023, and have recently completed their first annual review with PRSAS (Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Accreditation Scheme). An area the team has been continuously congratulated on is their patient involvement and focus that has been embedded within their PR service. Patient safety day took place on 17 September, so to celebrate this and recognise the great work this team has done, we spoke with the team about what patient safety and PRSAS means to them!

New quality lead for PRSAS

We sat down with Rachel Williams, a respiratory physiotherapist and co-clinical lead South West Respiratory Network. The PRSAS team will be following the Cornwall Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team through a series of blogs to discuss their experiences of the PRSAS accreditation journey from beginning to end.