Respiratory medicine

Our services are provided on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The Trust has a dedicated 33 bedded respiratory ward (Oxborough) and access to acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV). Bronchoscopies are carried out on site in the endoscopy unit and the team has access to ultrasound for pleural procedures. Pleural investigations are carried out in one-stop pleural clinics as well as general chest clinics.

Outpatient clinics

Outpatient clinics are held for the following:

Lung cancer
COPD
Asthma and other small airways conditions
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, e.g. sarcoidosis, asbestosis, lung disease and allergic alveolitis
Pleural diseases
Tuberculosis
Bronchiectasis
Hyperventilation syndrome
Pulmonary hypertension
Pneumothorax
Chronic cough
Breathlessness
Non cardiac chest pain of unclear cause
Conditions causing an abnormal chest x-ray rather than cancer
Respiratory failure
Screening for sleep apnoea
Oxygen assessment via the Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust employed Oxygen Specialist Nurse

Procedures that can be performed at the time of an outpatient appointment include:

Portable spirometry if indicated
Pulse oxymetry
Pulse
Blood pressure
BMI

Contact details for respiratory medicine

Our consultants contact details can be found on our Consultants directory page.

Useful web links

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