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A breath of fresh air: oxygen in the home10 October 2011Home oxygen therapy is used by 95,000 patients a year costing the NHS ï¿½120 million. Between 24% and 43% of the oxygen prescribed to these patients is not used or produces no clinical benefit. Explore effective commissioning and use of home oxygen assessm...

A breath of fresh air: oxygen in the home28 September 2011Home oxygen therapy is used by 95,000 patients a year costing the NHS £120 million. Between 24% and 43% of the oxygen prescribed to these patients is not used or produces no clinical benefit. Explore good practice issues at PCC's event in London on 31 October and in Manchester on 1 Novem...

A breath of fresh air: oxygen in the home7 September 2011Home oxygen therapy is used by 95,000 patients a year costing the NHS £120 million. Between 24% and 43% of the oxygen prescribed to these patients is not used or produces no clinical benefit. Better commissioning and use of home oxygen services could mean savings of £45m and improved patient saf...

Update on reprocurement and commissioning events1 September 2011The chief scientific officer, Professor Sue Hill, has written to SHA and PCT chief executives, copying in home oxygen services (HOS) regional leads and SHA respiratory leads. The letter provides an update on the re-procurement of HOS in England, particula...

A breath of fresh air - oxygen in the home3 August 2011Home oxygen therapy is used by 95,000 patients a year costing the NHS ï¿½120 million. Between 24% and 43% of the oxygen prescribed to these patients is not used or produces no clinical benefit. Better commissioning and use of home oxygen services co...

New Home Oxygen Consent Form6 July 2011The new home oxygen consent form is now available on the PCC website. This update replaces all previous versions.

Smoking related incidents April 2010 to March 201116 June 2011There were 106 smoking related fires in the period April 2010 to March 2011 and 35 which were not smoking related in the homes of patients who use home oxygen. The Department of Health is working with the fire and rescue service to ensure complia...

Home oxygen service patient survey 201016 June 2011The results of the national home oxygen service patient survey show overall patient satisfaction very high at 94%. There were also significant rises in satisfaction in specific areas including ease of ordering, convenience of delivery and delivery ti...

Reprocurement tips23 March 2011Communications: As the first regions begin the transition period, it will be important to keep the business as usual messages going out to patients in other regions. It will also be important to link with other stakeholders such as the British Lung Foundation to support patie...

Home oxygen reprocurement top tips24 February 2011Communications: It is important to identify local stakeholders in your region and nurture relationships with them, as they will be crucial in future communication with patients and carers. Stakeholders you might wish to approach include local Breathe...

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