Expert Clinics

Online clinic on respiratory health 2015

13-17Apr2015

From 13 - 17 April 2015, NHS Choices and talkhealth teamed up with Action Against Allergy, Breathing Matters and British Lung Foundation to present an Online Clinic on respiratory health.  The clinic is now only open for viewing.

Go to this Online Clinic

The clinic is an online forum, please contact us if you’re unsure how it works!

Clinical experts answered questions on respiratory health including asthma, COPD, lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis and you can read the questions and answers in this clinic by clicking the blue ‘Go to this Online Clinic’ button above.

Please also check our list of future clinic dates here.

During March 2015, and to coincide with our NHS Choices online clinic on respiratory health, talkhealth conducted a survey to find out more about the day to day issues of living with respiratory conditions. Find out the results of the survey here.

Medical Experts

Vicky Barber

Nurse Manager- British Lung Foundation

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Professor Jeremy Brown

Clinical Lead of Lung Infection

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Dr Joanna Porter

Medical Director and Clinical Lead of Lung Fibrosis

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Dr Helen Webberley

MBChB MRCGP MFSRH DipGUM DipIPM GP Partner in South Wales and Director of My Web Doctor

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Supporting Partners

Action Against Allergy

Action Against Allergy provides information, advice and support to those made chronically ill through the many different forms of allergy and those who care for them. Action Against Allergy provides information, advice and support to those made chronically ill through the many different forms of allergy and those who care for them. Campaigning for expert diagnosis and treatment to be available to all through the National Health Service.

Their ‘Find a Doctor’ service provides personalised advice on the nearest allergy specialist and membership benefits include an informative journal three times a year. In addition, information packs and leaflets covering the whole spectrum of allergy-related illness are available.

Read more about Action Against Allergy

Breathing Matters

Breathing Matters is part of UCLH Charity (Reg No 229771). It has been set up to raise awareness and to work with patients to help find a cure for Interstitial Lung Diseases such as Pulmonary Fibrosis and other Respiratory Infections such as Bronchiectasis and Pneumonia.Breathing Matters is part of UCLH Charity (Reg No 229771). It has been set up to raise awareness and to work with patients to help find a cure for Interstitial Lung Diseases such as Pulmonary Fibrosis and other Respiratory Infections such as Bronchiectasis and Pneumonia.

The aim of Breathing Matters is to support the Centre for Respiratory Research at UCL Respiratory in their commitment to find better ways to diagnose and treat respiratory diseases, and to also encourage patients, their families and friends to become actively involved (as advocates, advisors and fundraisers).

Visit our website www.breathingmatters.co.uk for more information.

British Lung Foundation

Lung disease affects more than 12 million people across the UK. We’re here for every one of them. We are leading the fight against lung disease to make sure no one has to face it alone.

Over the past three decades, we have spent more than £24 million on research to increase survival rates, improve diagnosis, treatment and care, and develop our understanding of lung diseases.

We offer hope and support across the UK

Whether you live in the Scottish Highlands or near the beaches of Cornwall, the Welsh Valleys or over the sea in Northern Ireland, we are here for you.

We have staff throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland organising local support and campaigns to fight lung disease. We also have more than 230 Breathe Easy local support groups, where you can go to meet other people affected by lung disease and find out more about conditions.

Visit our website www.blf.org.uk for more information.