Catching Our Breath: Improving respiratory care with NRAP

Published

13 August 2025

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Join Dr Dan Smith, editor-in-chief of Medical Care - driving change, as he interviews Professor Tom Wilkinson, clinical lead for the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) and professor of respiratory medicine at University Hospital Southampton. In this insightful discussion, Professor Wilkinson shares highlights from the latest NRAP report, Catching Our Breath, and outlines how NRAP is driving measurable improvements in respiratory care across England and Wales.

Further resources

Latest NRAP annual report: Breathing well 2024

An assessment of respiratory care in England and Wales data from people with asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) admitted to hospital with an exacerbation between 1 April 2022–31 March 2023, and people with COPD assessed for pulmonary rehabilitation between 1 March 2022–31 March 2023.

Patient voice in clinical audit: A powerful partnership improving asthma and COPD care

HQIP “Patient voice in clinical audit: A powerful partnership improving asthma and COPD care” highlights how the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) is actively involving patients to improve outcomes for asthma and COPD care across England and Wales. View the link to read more.

Catching our breath - clinical audit report 2023/24

Catching our breath: Time for change in respiratory care is a state of the nation review of care for people with asthma and COPD in hospital, and for people with COPD accessing pulmonary rehabilitation, between 2023-2024 in England and Wales.