The adult asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) organisational audit report 2019 is the first published organisational audit report following the launch of the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) in March 2018. The report presents data describing the resourcing and organisation of services relevant to the care of adult patients with asthma and COPD that are admitted to hospital. Data collection for this snapshot audit took place between 1 April and 1 July 2019 in England, Scotland and Wales. The report highlights key findings and recommendations and also includes a selection of case studies from participating hospital teams which showcase good practice.

This document provides clarification on aspects of implementing NEWS2.

The Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) gender pay gap report is a snapshot of RCP employee data on 5 April 2019.

Focus on Physicians 2018–19 is the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow’s most recent census on the consultant physician and higher specialty trainee workforce in the UK.

In his transparency and open data letter to cabinet ministers on 7 July 2011, then prime minister, David Cameron, made a commitment to make clinical audit data available from the national audits within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP). This data was released in an open and standardised format for the first time in December 2011, and provided annually from then onwards.

Now that the initial COVID-19 peak has passed, the RCP is working with its members and NHS leaders to understand the scale of the challenge ahead in rebuilding services and plan what needs to happen in the coming months.

The pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) clinical audit interim report is the first report published post launch of continuous data collection on 1 March 2019. It presents information on over 6,000 patients who were assessed for pulmonary rehabilitation between 1 March – 31 May and discharged by 31 August 2019.Data include national and country level performance for key process measures such as waiting times for PR, initially assessments and walking tests, discharge assessments and completion rates for PR. In addition, data on outcomes measures for improvements in exercise capacity and health status are also presented.

The FFFAP Patient Panel along with the NAIF Multidiscplinary advisory group have worked together to produce these patient information resources.

COPD clinical audit 2018/19 is the third clinical audit report post launch of continuous data collection (on 1 February 2017). It presents data describing the cohort of patients discharged between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. It presents key process measures including provision of timely review by a member of the respiratory team, oxygen prescription, provision of non-invasive ventilation, spirometry, recording of smoking status and referral to behavioural change invention and/or being prescribed stop smoking drugs for current smokers. Also, NEWS2 scores and discharge processes.Contributing to the overarching national quality improvement (QI) objectives of the NACAP, it serves to empower stakeholders to use audit data to facilitate improvements in the quality of care.Longer-term outcomes (30- and 90-day readmission and mortality) of this patient cohort will be published in an addendum and uploaded to this page once ready.

Acute adrenal insufficiency, also termed adrenal crisis, is a life-threatening endocrine emergency brought about by a lack of production of the adrenal hormone cortisol, the major glucocorticoid. Identifying patients at risk and prompt management can save lives.This guidance identifies the causes of adrenal insufficiency, groups at risk of an adrenal crisis, emergency management and management for surgical procedures.