Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service
Our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team are part of the Long Term Conditions Team and deliver pulmonary rehabilitation to patients in a wide variety of community venues.
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program of exercise and education for people with a confirmed diagnosis of a chronic lung condition. It is for patients with a MRC Score of 2 and above who experience exertional breathlessness on a daily basis. A pulmonary rehab programme lasts for six weeks with two, two hourly sessions per week.
Referral criteria
All patients need to have either a confirmed respiratory diagnosis or a confirmed diagnosis of heart failure prior to attending.
To refer into the service please complete a LTC HUB referral form, e -referral or refer using PRISM.
LTC – Respiratory, Heart Failure and Pulmonary RehabHUBREFERRALFORM_-_updated_June_2012
Criteria exclusion
The exclusion criteria for pulmonary rehabilitation is any unstable cardiac conditions, a musculoskeletal or neurological condition which will limit their ability to exercise, unstable hypertension, unstable angina. Patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm will require clearance to exercise from their consultant prior to a referral to pulmonary rehab.
How to access this service
All patients need to have either a confirmed respiratory diagnosis or a confirmed diagnosis of heart failure prior to attending.
What conditions do you cover
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD), bronchiectasis, asthma, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis.
Contact info
01509 410 262
Referrals
- consultant
- GP
- physiotherapist
- primary care nurse