Our Vision: To provide an integrated patient focused service, delivering efficient, high quality, evidence-based care to patients with COPD in Dudley.
Our Vision: To provide an integrated patient focused service, delivering efficient, high quality, evidence-based care to patients with COPD in Dudley. Introduction COPD is a major cause of hospital admissions in the UK, accounting for over one million hospital admissions each year. Effective management of patients with COPD will result in positive patient outcomes that will be echoed...
Pulmonary Rehabilitation currently runs at the following venues:- The DY1 Building Stafford Street Dudley DY1 1SA Monday + Thursday 9am-11am Monday + Thursday 10am-12am Monday 1pm & 2pm maintenance class Cradley Sports & Social Club Colley Lane Halesowen B63 2BU Wednesday + Friday 10.am- 12noon Friday 12.15 –1pm maintenance class Alderman...
The ‘Dudley Respiratory Group ‘Excellence in Asthma’ is an attempt to build on current good practice in asthma provided by all Dudley’s GP Practices. We hope that practices who undertake this will find it useful and support the attempts of all Healthcare Professionals to empower their patients to manage their own asthma symptoms. Criteria Practices will be required...
Types of Inhalers There are a variety of different types on inhalers. Some popular inhalers are listed below. Click on a particular inhaler for more information and to view an instructional video for its use. Metered Dose Inhalers Dry Powder Inhalers Spacer Devices Metered Dose Inhaler pMDI Accuhaler Large Volume Spacer (Volumatic & Aerochamber) single breath Easibreathe Breath...
The Burden of COPD COPD is thought to be the fourth leading cause of death worldwide; the World Health Organisation predicts that by 2020 it will have become the third. In the UK, approximately 900,000 people are diagnosed with COPD. The disease is closely associated with levels of deprivation; higher incidence occurring in more deprived areas. COPD is responsible for 30,000 deaths and is...
Dudley Health Trainer Service The Dudley Health Trainer Service is provided by ‘Health Exchange’, a company that works with people and their communities to achieve better health and wellbeing. The Health Trainers offer a personal, one-to-one service to Dudley patients over the age of 18 years. The service works to support individuals through 6 – 8 sessions in which...
Please note the Asthma Treatment Guidelines are currently in the process of being updated and will be uploaded to this site shortly