COPD And Asthma Strategy Analysis

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A strategy is a method or an action plan that is put in place to either prevent diseases from occurring or if they do occur to prevent them from getting worse. Strategy 1 - Non Communicable Disease One strategy that was introduced was by the government. They decided that their approach to COPD needed to be changed as they observed that the previous approach was reactive and waited until people had severe symptoms. They also recognised that this cost the NHS more money and resulted in poorer outcomes for individuals. They set up The Outcomes Strategy for COPD and Asthma which was published in July last year. It set out the high-level vision for all parts of the system - the NHS, public health, social care, other national and local government…show more content…
On the other hand, a disadvantage of this strategy is that some individuals may not follow the action plan or treatment that have been given to them. An action plan, treatment, advice and support can be provided to the suffers, but there is no guarantee that they will follow through with these plans. This will in turn cost the service provider time, money and resources on a patient who will not co-operate with plans that have been made to benefit their overall health and well-being. Furthermore, the individual who is receiving the treatment may not understand how to correctly administer the treatment to themselves. This may lead to them incorrectly taking their treatment or action plan, leading them to think that it is not working and this will leave them to believe that the treatment or action plan has been unsuccessful. Therefore, the suffer will not be receive of any symptoms of COPD. This could also lead them to request more or a different type of treatment, and if this is granted, they may be given a treatment that is less successful than the first
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