NHS Fylde Coast CCG - Adult Integrated Respiratory Service (AIRS)

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The CCGs are looking to gain Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from providers who could be interested in delivering an Adult Integrated Respiratory Service to patients in the Fylde Coast CCG area. Fylde Coast CCG is looking to redesign respiratory services locally and develop a truly integrated respiratory team that is capable of delivering "joined up care at the right time in the optimal setting" as set out in the NHS Long-Term plan. The ambition is that AIRS will incorporate a multidisciplinary approach that has a strong focus on care based in the community, with in-reach into the acute setting facilitating earlier discharge and supporting admission/readmission avoidance. Fylde Coast CCG are seeking to commission an integrated Home Oxygen Service-Assessment and Review (HOS-AR) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service that will form the foundation of AIRS and over the lifetime of the contract, working with the Fylde Coast Transformation Programme will develop into a fully integrated multi-disciplinary Adult Integrated Respiratory Service. The HOS-AR service is designed to meet the needs of people who might benefit from home oxygen ensuring that home oxygen is appropriately prescribed to those people who clinically need it - often Adults with chronic respiratory disease. Home oxygen therapy is also used as treatment for some hypoxic patients with cardiac disease and some neurological disorders as well as palliative care. Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an exercise and education programme designed for people with lung disease who experience symptoms of breathlessness. Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an exercise and education programme designed for people with lung disease who experience symptoms of breathlessness. Respiratory disease affects one in five people and is the third biggest cause of death in England. Incidence and mortality rates for those with respiratory disease are higher in disadvantaged groups and areas of social deprivation, where there is often higher smoking incidence, exposure to higher levels of air pollution, poor housing conditions and exposure to occupational hazards. All these factors drive to increase health inequalities in lung conditions in the most deprived communities. Chronic respiratory diseases include (but is not limited to) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, interstitial lung disease (ILD), bronchiectasis. Pulmonary Rehabilitation can also be beneficial to those diagnosed with Post Covid Syndrome. Any interested organisation needs to visit https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/ to complete a short questionnaire regarding delivery of the service in the CCG area. This information will inform and assist the CCG in forming their Commissioning Intentions for these services. The deadline for providing this information is 12pm on Friday 5th November 2021.