Treatment and Management of COPD
COPD is a long term condition therefore appropriate management of the condition can result in significant cost savings to the NHS.
There are currently 5 main management strategies for COPD:
- Smoking Cessation1
- Medication to improve symptoms
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation2
- Self-management plans3
- Flu Vaccination / Pneumonia Vaccination (discussed later on)
1 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd/treatment/#other-treatments
2 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs10/chapter/Quality-statement-4-Pulmonary-rehabilitation-for-stable-COPD-and-exercise-limitation
3 https://shop.blf.org.uk/products/copd-self-management-plan-hcp
