The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD), reported herein, is the first national
investigation of asthma deaths in the UK and the largest study worldwide to date. Work on the …

Background: Limited comparative data exist on the outcomes of patients presenting with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations with or without radiological …

COPD exacerbations resulting in hospitalization are accompanied by high mortality and
morbidity. The contribution of specific co-morbidities to acute outcomes is not known in detail: …

Introduction: there is little information about the relationship between age and management
of COPD exacerbation (AECOPD), although older persons are known to be at a greater risk …

Understanding and learning from hospital deaths is an important component of good clinical
practice but current approaches and measures are complex, controversial and difficult to …

There has been little investigation of the side‐effects experienced by women receiving adjuvant
carboplatin in the treatment of ovarian cancer. This study aimed to describe the range of …

The UK's national health services are unique in having a well established programme of
national clinical audits and databases across medical, surgical and mental health conditions. …

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease report a symptom burden similar in
magnitude to terminal cancer patients yet service provision and access has been reported as …

Rationale Peer review has been widely used within the National Health Service to facilitate
health quality improvement but evaluation has been limited particularly over the longer‐term. …

Background We report baseline data on the organisation of COPD care in UK NHS hospitals
participating in the National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP). Methods …