Spotlight on the Future Hospital development sites: Patients at the centre of their care

The respiratory project in central and south Manchester spans two large trusts: Central Manchester University Hospitals and University Hospital of South Manchester. The team is currently trying to dissolve the line between the areas of central and south Manchester. The new model of respiratory care will allow seamless transition across the patient pathway from diagnosis, acute and chronic disease management to palliative care, which is standardised and reduces healthcare inequality.

Lead by Dr Binita Kane, the teams are focused on effective coproduction with patients: delivering public services in an equal and reciprocal relationship between professionals, people using the services, their families and their communities. An integrated steering group with patient representatives is trying to embed patient leadership within the project.

There have been some recruitment challenges – it’s a lot to expect people to give up a whole day, travel to a venue and do it for free. The team have held two events so far and mapped out services, looked at what was already good, and mapped out a ‘perfect’ pathway. They received clear messages that there are great services but they are not joined up. The team also looked at the chronic pathway and included the views of an expert patient with a respiratory condition. They have now developed a model for the community. 

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