You have been referred by your General Practitioner, or by a hospital, to the Community Respiratory Team for assessment, management, support and guidance with your lung condition.
What services does the team provide?
Supported discharge and hospital in-reach
This service supports respiratory patients to leave hospital as soon as it is safe to do so.
Patients are assessed in hospital and, if they meet the criteria for the service, they are discharged home and reviewed by the Community Respiratory Team until they return to their usual level of health.
This support may include:
- a home visit
- a telephone review
- an appointment at a local clinic.
Support in the management of lung disease
This service is for patients who are experiencing a worsening of their chronic lung disease.
The aim is to prevent unplanned hospital admissions and, where appropriate, support patients to manage their condition at home.
Self-management plan
The team can help develop self-management plans in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease standards.
Other services
The Community Respiratory Team also provides:
- oxygen assessments and reviews
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease clinics.
Your care
The nursing teams are highly skilled and will contact your doctor for advice or assistance if they have concerns about your condition.
If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of the nursing team.
If you need to be readmitted to hospital at any time during your treatment, the nurse will speak to the hospital consultant or your General Practitioner to assist with your admission.
Complaints and feedback
If you have a complaint, please speak to the nurse looking after you.
Alternatively, you can contact the Trustwide Community Respiratory Team Leader, who can explain the complaints procedure to you.
- Telephone: 028 7186 5157
- Extension: 217583
We are also keen to hear from you about any positive experiences you have had with the service.
Opening hours
The Community Respiratory Team operates from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, seven days a week, including bank holidays.
For an out-of-hours General Practitioner, telephone 028 7186 5195.
Contact the Community Respiratory Team
Omagh
Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex
Telephone: 028 8283 3834
Enniskillen
South West Acute Hospital
Telephone: 028 6638 2471
Derry/Londonderry
Maple Villa
Telephone: 028 7186 5157
If staff are not available when you call, please leave a message on the answering machine and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.