Respiratory

We provide safe and compassionate care every day to patients with a wide range of breathing difficulties and conditions.

We provide investigations and treatments for all patients with respiratory presentations for the following conditions:

Asthma
Bronchiecatasis
Chronic obstructive lung disease
Dysfunctional breathing pattern disorder
Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis
Lung cancer and mesothelioma
Pneumonia
Pleural diseases
Sarcoidosis
Sleep-disordered breathing
Tuberculosis
Unexplained breathlessness

Service details

Care for our respiratory patients takes place in our inpatient and outpatient clinics. They're based at the main hospital in Guildford and our community hospitals in Cranleigh, Haslemere and Milford.

Our clinics are led by an expert multidisciplinary team consisting of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. There are also joint speciality clinics with oncology and rheumatology. Services include:

Urgent Suspected Lung Cancer (USC) with thoracic surgeon input
Integrated Respiratory Service (IRS) care
Tuberculosis (TB)
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Sleep and Ventilation

Specialist investigations can also be arranged. These include:

Bronchoscopy
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
Lung function
Pleural Interventions
Radiology-guided Biopsy
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan

Who is eligible for the service?

Patients with reported respiratory symptoms aged 16 years and above.

How to access the service?

Patient access is via your GP Service.

If your symptoms are a medical emergency, please contact 111 or present to hospital, as appropriate.

GP information

We take referrals via the national eRS.
We offer clinical advice via advice and guidance. This guidance may, if appropriate, result in an expedited appointment. However, please be advised due to significant waiting lists, we are having to be more stringent with expedited appointments. We ask for your continued patience and support during this period.
Please refer Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) referral via eRS, unless a GP is set up to use Direct Access to CT.
For any general respiratory inquiries other than those listed above, please get in touch with our admin team at rsch.respmedsec@nhs.net.
In case of a clinical emergency, please send the patient to A&E for emergency review.

Contact us

For non-urgent and non-clinical enquiries, please email rsch.respmedsec@nhs.net. Please note that our admin team cannot expedite appointments; all patients will need to contact their GP.

How to find us

We are located in the Albury ward.

Meet the team

Consultants

Dr Eruchie — Joint Clinical Lead, Respiratory Consultant
Dr Aldik — Joint Clinical Lead, Respiratory Consultant
Dr Dakin — Respiratory Consultant
Dr Alexander — Respiratory Consultant
Dr Sakthithasan — Respiratory Consultant
Dr Curtis — Respiratory Consultant

Respiratory team members

Jayne Reynolds-Lloyd — Service Manager

Nista Thapa Magar — Assistant Service Manager

Sreeja Sukumaran — Marton

Integrated Respiratory Service (IRS)

The Integrated Respiratory Service is a highly multi-professional team providing specialist care to patients with chronic long term respiratory conditions.

The service operates across the hospital and community settings ensuring that patients are able to access specialist input closer to home.

The service is delivered in line with the most up to date evidence-based practice for patients diagnosed with the following specified conditions;