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<p>The NHS Outcomes Framework 2014-15 sets out the Department’s priority areas for
the National Health Service and includes reducing deaths from respiratory disease
as a key indicator. In addition to this, the Mandate sets out the requirements for
NHS England to improve outcomes in a range of areas, including preventing premature
deaths from the biggest killers (including respiratory) and supporting people with
long term physical and mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p><em>Living Well for
Longer: National Support for Local Action to Reduce Premature Mortality</em>, launched
in April, sets out what the health and care system will do to achieve the Government’s
ambition to be amongst the best in Europe at reducing levels of premature mortality.
It brings together in one place the national actions taken by the Department of Health
and wider Government, NHS England and Public Health England, in prevention, early
diagnosis and treatment, focusing on the five big killers, including lung disease,
and shows how they will support local leadership and interventions.</p><p> </p><p>The
Department has supported a number of initiatives to help improve outcomes for people
with respiratory disease. In July 2011, it published an outcomes strategy for people
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in England, which sets
out six high-level objectives to improve outcomes in these areas through high quality
prevention, detection, treatment and care services. The Department has also supported
the publication of a good practice guides on services for adults with asthma, which
was published in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
has published Quality Standards for COPD and for asthma setting out the markers of
high-quality, cost-effective care and the implementation of these will also raise
the standard of care people with these conditions receive.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
has collaborated with the National Review of Asthma Deaths which is examined the circumstances
surrounding deaths from asthma from 1 February 2012 to 30 January 2013 and reported
on its findings in May of this year. Lessons learnt about the factors that contribute
to asthma deaths will inform the NHS about what constitutes good care, and encourage
the development of appropriate services for people with asthma.</p><p> </p><p>Public
Health England recently ran a local pilot campaign in Oldham and Rochdale to raise
awareness amongst the public about the importance of visiting their general practitioner
with symptoms of breathlessness.</p><p> </p>
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