Working together to improve asthma patient outcomes - Sponsored by AstraZeneca

Helena Cummings is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a Specialist Respiratory Interest in Holderness Health. Previously, Helena spent over a decade working in her much loved role as Respiratory Nurse Specialist in secondary care. Here she built expert knowledge and skill in the severe asthma and COPD services. Helena's move from secondary care 2 years ago enabled her to bring her respiratory expertise into the primary care setting and closer to the patient. Helena works hard to push boundaries and open new thinking about both Asthma and COPD.
Helena has been involved in SENTINEL Plus, a quality improvement package, which has been funded by AstraZeneca and co-developed with Hull York Medical School and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Helena will explore the following areas during her presentation:

1.Burden and unmet need of asthma
2. Rationale for change  
2. How the SENTINE Plus quality improvement package can help
3. Next steps and actions