Our respiratory specialist community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) team provide a variety of specialist skills through the following COPD services:
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Admission Avoidance – a hospital at home service to help prevent patients having to attend hospital.
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Early Supported Discharge – helping to facilitate hospital discharges, to reduce the patients' length of stay in hospital (<48hours).
- Oxygen Administration Service - managing the administration of referrals to the home oxygen service, for patients requiring Long Term Oxygen Therapy.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation – a treatment programme for people with long term lung conditions, whose breathing is causing them difficulty moving around or carrying out daily activities.
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