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Quality Improvement
Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia
We have brought together the latest resources and links that are available to aid you with your QI work for CAP. The Community Acquired Pneumonia Care Bundle, which is available for download below, was developed as part of a quality improvement project in 2012-14. This is available for use by cl...;
Paediatric Community Acquired Pneumonia
The Society has developed a QI Tool for Paediatric Community Acquired Pneumonia which is available for download. You may find this useful when setting up a QI project aimed at improving care in this area. A general overview of QI methodology is also provided. Permissions: Trusts are welcome to ad...;
National Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia Audit 2018/19
The BTS National Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Audit took place in December 2018 - January 2019. Previous BTS CAP audits identified deficiencies and variation in care, and the 2018/19 audit aimed to further investigate outcomes and variation of care by linking data from the audit to HE...;
NICE Community Acquired Pneumonia Quality Standards
BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: update 2009
Diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability
A link to the corresponding publication and editorial in Thorax, can be found here Watch a BTS webinar introducing the Clinical Statement. ;
BTS Clinical Data Policy and Data Access
The BTS Clinical Audit, Lung Disease Registry and MDR-TB Clinical Advice Service programmes comprise a number of datasets. We use data from these programmes to help improve patient care, and organisations can apply to access and make use of these datasets in their own research. How to make an app...;
Education and Events
BTS Clinical Statement on Community Acquired Pneumonia in people with Learning Disability and BTS Clinical Statement on Aspiration Pneumonia
Launch of the British Thoracic Society guidance on the BTS Clinical Statement on Community Acquired Pneumonia in people with Learning Disability and BTS Clinical Statement on Aspiration Pneumonia. In this joint BTS/NHS England webinar, Dr Julian Legg, lead author of the BTS Clinical Statement on...;