Services for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
This is an extract from the commissioning guide. The complete commissioning guide is available at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cmg43
8 Topic Advisory Group: COPD services
A topic advisory group was established to review and advise on the content of the guide for commissioners. This group met once, with additional interaction taking place via email.
Maria Buxton – Consultant Physiotherapist, North West London Hospital Trust and Brent Primary Care Trust
Steve Callaghan – Health Outcomes Manager, Liverpool Primary Care Trust
Jane Cass – Public Health Specialist, NHS Central Lancashire
Lisa Chandler – Respiratory Programme Manager, NHS Wakefield District
Lisa Douglas – Commissioner for Independence and Long Term Conditions, NHS Brighton and Hove
Lynne Duxbury – Commissioning Manager, Commissioning Business Service, Salford
Dr Matt Kearney – Primary Care Clinical Advisor, Respiratory Programme, Department of Health and General Practitioner
Dr Rachel Garrod – Consultant Physiotherapist, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Gill Hawksworth – Senior Lecturer and Pharmacist, University of Huddersfield and member of Topic Expert Group for COPD Quality Standard
Anita Hayes – Deputy Director, NHS National End of Life Care Programme
Karen Heslop – Respiratory Nurse Consultant, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and member of Topic Expert Group for COPD Quality Standard
Jacqui Nettleton – Programme Director Long Term Conditions, NHS West Sussex
Sally Reed – Joint Commissioning Manager (Long Term Conditions, Physical and Sensory Impairment), East Sussex County Council (Adult Social Care) and NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald/NHS Hastings and Rother
Dr Louise Restrick – Consultant Respiratory Physician, Whittington Hospital and NHS Islington and NHS London Respiratory Team Lead
Dr Michael Rudolf – Consultant Physician, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust; Chair of Guideline development group for NICE clinical guideline 101 and chair of Topic Expert Group for COPD Quality Standard
Prof Sally Singh – Director of Rehabilitation, Coventry University; Head of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust