Respiratory services Treatments provided

The services offered are:

• Inpatient care for routine chest cases and intensive care for more severe cases
• Fibre optic bronchoscopy sessions (Tuesday and Thursday afternoons)
• Dedicated Chest Clinic for outpatients; 11 sessions per week (Purley Clinics: Monday and Thursday mornings)
• Full lung function testing (Monday-Wednesday; Croydon University Hospital)
• Skin prick allergen testing (Monday –Wednesday; Croydon University Hospital)
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea screening service (Monday –Wednesday; Croydon University Hospital)
• Assessment for long term oxygen therapy (Monday – Wednesday; Croydon University Hospital)
• Nurse-led Respiratory Clinic / nebuliser service supported by a designated respiratory nurse (Croydon Clinics: Tuesday & Wednesday PM; Purley Clinics alternate Thursdays AM)
• TB clinics, 2 sessions per week for TB patients, TB contacts and other clients
• Services for Directly Observed Therapy for some TB patients who come to the Chest Clinic to be given their medication under supervision
• BCG vaccination programme for Chest Clinic patients only, for example TB contacts (routine BCG vaccination no longer provided in Chest Clinic)
• Nurse support and monitoring for TB patients
• Mass TB screening in community (in case of outbreak)
• Nurse led TB clinics, including TB chemoprophylaxis & occupational health assessment
• TB database for Croydon maintained in Chest Clinic
• Collaborative Lung Cancer clinics with Chest Surgeon, Clinical Oncologist, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care Services
• Walk in Chest X-ray service - Monday - Friday from 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 4 pm (Croydon University Hospital / Purley Hospital)
• Weekly combined X-ray sessions to discuss films
• Pulmonary rehabilitation courses
• Asthma/TB education and health promotion