Choose and Book (CAB)

Recent information on Choose and Book is available here.

HRG4 and Payment by Results
An update on the recent tariff is available here.
The Payment by Results guide is available here.

18 week wait
Transforming Respiratory and Sleep Diagnostic Services – a Good practice guide, is available from:
http://www.18weeks.nhs.uk/Content.aspx?path=/achieve-and-sustain/Diagnostics/Respiratory-and-sleep-physiology

A Guide to Coding of Respiratory Care
This report, prepared by Dr Steve Connellan on behalf of BTS, provides useful background to the revision of Respiratory Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) as well as practical advice on coding respiratory activity.  The document can be downloaded here.

Dr Connellan’s Commentary on Respiratory HRG analysis, which should be read in conjunction with the Guide to Respiratory Coding is available here.

A copy of Chapter DZ (Respiratory) which comprises all the diagnosis (ICD10) and procedure (OPCS) codes which have been grouped to HRGs can be accessed here.

The Third Edition of Specialised Services National Definitions Set for Specialised Respiratory Services (adult) has now been published is available to download from here.

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Consultant Physicians Working for Patients
The Society was pleased to contribute to the 2008 Report from the Royal College of Physicians of London  “Consultant Physicians Working for Patients”. The appendix relating to Respiratory Medicine which gives recommended ratios and related information about referral patterns, ways of working, and a job plan can be found here.

The full document "Consultant Physicians Working for Patients" can be found here. 

Health Committee Inquiry into Health Inequalities 
Evidence submitted to this Inquiry by BTS is available here