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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan commitment to reduce death and disability from severe asthma
attacks by ensuring timely assessment and treatment has been taken forward within
the scope of the Clinical Review of Standards. This was requested by the Prime Minister
in June 2018 and is led by Professor Stephen Powis, Medical Director of NHS England.</p><p>The
review seeks to promote safety and outcomes; drive improvements in patients experience;
are clinically meaningful, accurate and practically achievable; ensure the sickest
and most urgent patients are given priority; ensure patients get the right service
in the right place; are simple and easy to understand for patients and the public;
and not worsen inequalities.</p><p>An interim report was published in March 2019 and
testing at 14 different hospitals began in May 2019. This included a commitment to
collect data to examine the feasibility of measuring how fast critically ill or injured
patients arriving at accident and emergency receive a package of tests and care developed
with clinical experts</p>
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