Cyfres Seminar : Early lessons from a VIrtual PulmonAry Rehabilitation (VIPAR) Service

Cyfres Seminar

Early lessons from a VIrtual PulmonAry Rehabilitation (VIPAR) Service  

Michelle Dunning, Primary care, Hywel Dda University Health Board

Dydd Llun Ionawr 21, 2019 1:00—2:00yp

Yst. G17 Adeilad Carwyn James, Campws Penglais, Prifysgol Aberystwyth

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)  delivers significant health benefits but too many patients are missing out in Wales. The UK COPD Audit Programme (2016) highlighted our Health Board was only referring 31% of eligible

patients to PR. The Pulmonary Rehabilitation service does not exist in Ceredigion; there is a limited service in Pembrokeshire; and the service in Carmarthenshire now has an 8-12 month waiting list due to loss of key staff and increasing demand. By working in partnership with industry the

Pulmonary Rehabilitation  team have developed a hub and spoke model of delivery using video-conferencing to link the hub ( based at GGH) to a spoke site ( based in Tregaron hall) that is addressing the staffing issue; meeting patients’ needs, and upholds the principles of prudent healthcare. The aim is to develop a Community virtual pulmonary rehab (VIPaR) Network, by

increasing to 3 or 4 spokes over time that will simultaneously link into the hub site.

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rural-health@aber.ac.uk