Meet the team
The Respiratory Centre has a dedicated team of highly-trained specialist staff:
Respiratory consultants
Members of our team of specialist respiratory consultants attend the Respiratory Centre every weekday afternoon.
Specialist nurses and health care assistants
Patients are likely to have most contact with the teams of specialist nurses who coordinate many of the services run by the Respiratory Centre, from their initial referral to their point of discharge.
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Jon Watson - Respiratory Centre manager
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Katherine Austin - community team manager
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Claire Dossett - community respiratory sister
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Rachel Porter - community respiratory sister
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Louisa Smith - community respiratory sister
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Louise Hicks - community respiratory sister
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Nikki James - community respiratory sister
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Sarah Quarrell - interstitial lung disease nurse specialist
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Claire Duffus - asthma and allergy nurse specialist
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Gillian Potter - immunology nurse specialist
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Sarah Maleczek - Respiratory Centre nurse
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Ali Collins - Respiratory Centre nurse
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Carol Williams - Respiratory Centre nurse
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Denise Douglas - health care assistant (nominated for employee of the year 2010)
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Zoe Dickson - health care assistant
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Ali Jezard - health care assistant
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Akke De-Groot - health care assistant
The community respiratory nursing team coordinate the early assisted discharge service, home visits, support for patients on home NIV (non-invasive ventilation) and locality clinics.
The Respiratory Centre nursing team help to co-ordinate our admission avoidance service. This is a service which is used specifically for patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have been referred by their GP or who are already known to the service and with their GP's approval have been given the telephone number to enable them to self refer. We can usually provide same day appointments. Our aim is to provide early assessment and treatment of COPD exacerbations and thus preventing the need for hospital admission.
Should you require hospital admission we are often able to facilitate you going home with our early assisted discharge scheme. This means that you spend less time in hospital and instead are visited at home by our team of community respiratory specialist nurses.
The asthma and allergy specialist nurse team coordinate asthma reviews, immunology clinics and allergy tests.|
Physiotherapists and dieticians
The Respiratory Centre can call upon a team of experienced physiotherapists and dieticians.
Chest physiotherapy includes clearing mucus from the lungs, non-invasive ventilation (using a mask or similar device to help patients breathe) and pulmonary rehabilitation. Dieticians provide advice on healthy eating for patients. For further information please see treatments and services at the Respiratory Centre|.
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Denise Gibson - consultant physiotherapist
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Sarah Ewles - lead physiotherapist for the Respiratory Centre
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Katherine Reed - respiratory specialist physiotherapist
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Peter Collins - dieticien
Administration staff
The Respiratory Centre has its own, dedicated team of administration staff.
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Claire Richards - Respiratory Centre administration team manager
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Sharon White - administration clerk
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Tina Fennell - administration clerk
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Jo Taylor - administration clerk
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Jo Leak - admininstration clerk
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Hayley Doswell - administration clerk
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Joan Gosney - volunteer