This page provides a series of resources to support services who are participating in the audit of COPD secondary care, or who are eligible to participate and would like more information.
COPD: V6 dataset now open!
The new V6 dataset for patients discharged from 1 April 2025 is now live on the webtool. You can still enter data for patients discharged before 1 April 2025 using the V5 dataset:
To ensure you are receiving all relevant correspondence from NRAP, we ask that you contact your IT department and ask for nrapinbox@rcp.ac.uk and copd@rcp.ac.uk to be included in your ‘safe sender’ contact list.
Please note NRAP do not have information governance permission to view or receive patient identifiable data (including, but not limited to date of birth, NHS number and patient address).
Please do not send NRAP any patient identifiable information. We will still assist with your query to the best of our ability. Crown Informatics do have this permission in place. Therefore, for support in resolving import error messages, we have been advised that you contact the webtool provider Crown directly (helpdesk@crownaudit.org).
Information governance
- Sharing identifiable data - information on when and how NRAP might share identifiable data, and a record on when this has occurred.
- Data flows for COPD - diagram showing how NRAP and its stakeholders access and use clinical data on COPD.
- COPD clinical fair processing - detailed explanation of NRAP’s approval to collect and store clinical data on COPD, and how data is shared with NRAP’s stakeholders
- Information governance frequently asked questions
- COPD metrics
Eligibility
All hospitals in England and Wales who admit people with acute exacerbations of COPD are eligible to participate. To register your hospital, please complete and send the registration and Caldicott Guardian approval forms below to COPD@rcp.ac.uk.
Information to share with patients
Information for patients and details about how NRAP works in partnership with patients and carers can be found on the patient support page.
- COPD user guide - detailed support for accessing and using the webtool as well as advice on information governance, data collection and submission.
- COPD welcome pack - detailed information for new users of the webtool as well as links to other useful materials.
- COPD frequently asked questions - find answers to the common questions asthma services have about the NRAP clinical audit of COPD secondary care. Questions cover general information on the audit, technical questions on how to use the audit webtool, and questions on how we collect, store, use and share data.
- COPD clinical audit dataset version 4 (for patients discharged before 31 March 2024) - see the full list of data points you will be asked to enter on the audit webtool for each COPD patient included in the audit. The document includes help notes to help you respond to each question.
- COPD clinical audit dataset version 5 (for patients discharged on and after 1 April 2024) - see the full list of data points you will be asked to enter on the audit webtool for each COPD patient included in the audit. The document includes help notes to help you respond to each question.
- COPD clinical audit data collection sheet version 5
- Importing technical guidance for NRAP audits
- Guidance for using the webtool import function
- Data entry deadlines 2023-2026
- New user video (part 1) - welcome and registration
- New user video (part 2) - entering and accessing data and reports
- Video tutorial - how to use NRAP benchmarking table
- Video tutorial - how to use NRAP runchart
Healthcare improvement (HI) support for COPD services
Generic and COPD specific HI support is available for everyone on the NRAP website. This includes:
- Recommendations for HI priorities
- Slide sets highlighting key findings from clinical audit reports to inform and support clinical teams to make improvements
- Templates for driver diagrams, PDSA cycles and SMART aims
For more information about NRAP's HI strategy and activities, click here.
