IMPRESS is a joint initiative between the two leading respiratory clinical societies in the UK: the British Thoracic Society and the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS)-UK.
July 2014 : Joint statement from BTS and PCRS-UK.
IMPRESS was established in 2007 to provide the clinical leadership required to drive improvements in care across /beyond the traditional boundaries of primary care and secondary care to achieve high quality integrated patient centred care for the population with or at risk of respiratory disease. The project has achieved a great deal, with its two most recent projects (the COPD Value Pyramid and Breathlessness work) providing the basis for some innovative work across the sector.
We regret that it has not been possible to source funding to continue the project in the same way as in the past. However, the materials are still available on the IMPRESS website and we hope that they will be available shortly on a new virtual network (Respiratory Futures) for reference by and support of all who are interested in improving and integrating respiratory care.
If you wish the use any of the IMPRESS materials, please note that you can do so PROVIDED that you attribute the source and do not alter or misrepresent our work in any way. If you have any queries please contact
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LATEST FROM IMPRESS
6 May 2014
Why asthma still kills The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) in the UK launched. Click here
Some of the findings:
- It is not just those with severe asthma who die.
- "Our continued failure to provide meaningful support as patients self-manage their condition needs to be rectified" (Foreword)
- In nearly half of the cases reviewed asthma sufferers didn't get any medical help during their final asthma attack
- 46% of deaths could have been avoided with better routine care
- There was a history of previous hospital admission for asthma in 47%
February 2014
New breathlessness resources launched with London School of Economics
- Impressions blog and working party information
- IMPRESS Breathlessness algorithm, supported by the Health Foundation
- IMPRESS BITs (breathlessness IMPRESS Tips) for clinicians
- IMPRESS BITs for patients
- IMPRESS BITs for commissioners
- IMPRESS BITs for researchers
- IMPRESS guide to breathlessness methodology scope definitions prevalence
- Summary prevalence tables
Download all from here
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