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PRSAS 2024 wrap-up

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!

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.

RCP Community of Practice for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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!