FOI 2025/1467

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information regarding the commissioning and provision of pulmonary rehabilitation services within your organisation.

Please provide responses to the following for the most recent full financial year (April 2024 – March 2025).

1. Who is the person responsible for commissioning pulmonary rehabilitation services within your organisation? Please include their name, job title, and contact email if available.
2. Which provider organisations are currently delivering pulmonary rehabilitation services under contract with your organisation?
3. How many people were referred to pulmonary rehabilitation during the most recent full financial year?
4. Of those referred, how many completed a full pulmonary rehabilitation programme during the same period?
5. For which primary conditions or diagnoses do you refer patients to pulmonary rehabilitation?
6. How many individuals are currently on a waiting list for pulmonary rehabilitation, and what is the average waiting time if available?
7. What types or formats of pulmonary rehabilitation are currently offered (for example, face-to-face, home-based, or digital such as MyCOPD)?
8. What outcome measures are used to evaluate pulmonary rehabilitation services (e.g. CAT score, six-minute walk test)?

1. Katherine Sheerin, Chief Commissioning Officer, has overall responsibility for the Commissioning health care services for NHS Greater Manchester.

Contact email: gm.icp@nhs.net (please mark for the attention of Katherine Sheerin in the subject field).

Or

Sara Roscoe, Associate Director – Strategic Commissioning, is responsible for commissioning pulmonary rehabilitation services for NHS Greater Manchester.

Contact email: gm.icp@nhs.net (please mark for the attention of Sara Roscoe, in the subject field).

2. Please find below a list of the provider organisations are currently delivering pulmonary rehabilitation services:

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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NHS Greater Manchester (NHS GM) does not hold the level of detailed information requested. It will, therefore, be necessary for you to contact the Provider Trusts, who host the commissioned pulmonary rehabilitation services in Greater Manchester, for the information you seek.  To assist you, please find below links to their websites with information about how to make a Freedom of Information request.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of information – Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information Requests :: Northern Care Alliance

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (mft.nhs.uk)

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information – Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust – Freedom of Information Requests :: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care (tamesideandglossopicft.nhs.uk)

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | FOI Disclosure Log