Respiratory Department
The Respiratory department provides a range of general respiratory and subspecialist services for both inpatients and outpatients.
There is a team of nine respiratory consultants with 9 specialist nurses and a team of specialist respiratory physiotherapists, respiratory physiologists, pharmacists, support workers and administrative staff.
Inpatient Respiratory Unit
The respiratory unit is located at F14 on the first floor.
We have an 11-bed respiratory support unit (RSU) to manage complex respiratory patients requiring increased levels of nursing and medical support, such as those requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV) or patients with tracheostomies.
We have an additional 39 general respiratory beds divided into two ward areas, supported by a team of specialist respiratory nurses and a team of resident doctors.
There is a consultant presence on each of the ward areas every day, Monday to Friday.
Respiratory Outpatients
Our respiratory outpatient clinics take place in outpatients 3 (G19) off the main hospital corridor.
In addition to general respiratory clinics, we have subspecialty clinics for COPD, lung cancer, pleural disease, asthma, interstitial lung disease, sleep and Bronchiectasis.
Respiratory Physiology
Pulmonary function testing is in the CRV department located by the main entrance (G5).
Sleep study and CPAP clinics are run in outpatients 3 (G19).
Procedures
Bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound and medical thoracoscopy are performed in the endoscopy unit in the Haygarth Building (G14e).
Indwelling Pleural Catheters are inserted or removed in the Cardiac Day Suite (F19). Other pleural procedures are usually performed in the pleural clinics in outpatients 3.
Patients attending for lung or pleural biopsies are asked to come to the Cardiac Day Suite (F19) on the morning of their procedure, and go down from there to the radiology department for their procedure.
Contact Numbers
Respiratory Secretaries (General enquiries including inquiries regarding appointments and patient-initiated follow-up)
Tel: 01244 366297/364984/366211
Email: coc-tr.cochRespiratorySecretaries@nhs.net
Lung Cancer and Pleural Specialist Nursing Team: 01244 366904/366249/366694
General Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team: 01244 365419
Oxygen Team: 01244 362541
Smoking Cessation Team: 01244 364142
CRV (Lung function, sleep studies and CPAP): 01244 365208
Respiratory Inpatient Unit including RSU: 01244 362785/365669/362049