Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): best practice guide
This document is for healthcare professionals and patients to show how this condition could be best managed from the unscheduled care perspective.
COPD Working Group - Membership
| Name |
Role |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques Kerr (Chair) |
National Advisor |
Scottish Government |
| Alan Monahan |
Policy Officer |
Scottish Government |
| Amanda Fox |
Programme Manager, LTC |
Edinburgh HSCP |
| Blythe Robertson |
Policy Manager and ACP Lead |
Scottish Government |
| David Anderson |
Consultant Resp Physician |
NHS GGC |
| Elaine Paton |
Lead Pharmacist |
FV |
| Fiona MacKenzie |
Service Manager |
ISD |
| Gourab Choudhury |
Consultant Resp Physician |
NHS Lothian |
| Irene Johnstone |
Head for Scotland and NI |
British Lung Foundation |
| John Sandbach |
Senior Nurse Clinical Development |
NHS 24 |
| Kerry Mathewson |
GP Advisor |
Scottish Government |
| Laura Groom |
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner |
Lothian Community Resp Team |
| Marianne Milligan |
Team Leader |
NHS GGC |
| Phyllis Murphie |
Resp Nurse Consultant & MCN Lead |
NHS Dumfries and Galloway |
| Syed Kerbalai |
Programme Manager |
Scottish Government |
| Tim Warren |
Team Leader, Palliative and End-of-Life Care |
Scottish Government |
| Tom Fardon |
Resp Physician & Chair of Lung Health NAG |
NHS Tayside |
| Alan Hunter |
Director of Performance and Delivery |
Scottish Government |
| Alison Strath |
Principal Pharmaceutical Officer |
Scottish Government |
| Helen Maitland |
Unscheduled Care Director |
Scottish Government |
| Tracy Slater |
Business Manager |
Scottish Government |
| Annabel Howell |
Associate Med Director and Palliative Care Cons |
NHS Borders |
| Claire Ritchie |
National AHP Lead for Older People |
NHS Lanarkshire |
| Callum Johnston |
Area Service Manager and Urgent Care Lead |
Scottish Ambulance Service |
| Dahrlene Tough |
Consultant Paramedic |
Scottish Ambulance Service |
| Kenny Freeburn |
Tayside Lead |
Scottish Ambulance Service |
| Gillian Gunn |
Team Leader |
Planning and Quality |
| David McIlhinney |
Secretariat |
Scottish Government |
COPD Sub Groups
A. Reducing hospital admissions/readmissions
Chair: Dave Anderson and Gourab Choudhury
B. Scottish Ambulance Service
Chair: Kenny Freeburn,
Support: Callum Johnston and Dahrlene Tough
C. NHS 24/Telehealth
Chair: John Sandbach
D. Palliative Care/ ACP
Chair: Blythe Robertson and Tim Warren
Governance
1. Each subgroup will report to the Full Group and its chair on a regular basis.
2. The subgroups will meet monthly over the duration of the COPD group's lifetime; the full group will meet every three months. On the occasion that the Chair cannot attend a Deputy Chair must be in attendance.
Secretariat
1. Secretariat to the Review and responsibility for coordinating the work of the working groups will be provided by a team within the Unscheduled Care Division in the Directorate for Performance and Delivery.
Contact
Email: Syed Kerbalai
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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