We provide a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases in adults living in Southern Derbyshire, East Staffordshire, and surrounding areas.
An innovative new device which can help reduce the time patients need to spend receiving oxygen therapy is currently being evaluated at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB). The device, ...
In May 2022, UHDB implemented a new role to specifically help provide patients who have undergone a tracheostomy or laryngectomy with tailored, specialised care and advice. ...
We have a tailored preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff, and a wide range of progression opportunities.
The Impact+ team has transformed specialist community respiratory services for local people since 2018.
They are an established, multi-disciplinary team, supporting patients from the point of diagnosis, through to later stages of their respiratory disease. They review patients in community clinics and home visits across Southern Derbyshire, and work to offer seamless care for patients with a range of chronic respiratory diseases, including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Bronchiectasis.
The team are working towards national accreditation for their Pulmonary Rehabilitation service, and offer lots of training opportunities to support clinical development of staff members.
Based at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital (FNCH), the team have;
Our team is made up of consultants, a range of junior doctors, advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs), and allied health professionals (AHPs), including physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
We have an enhanced discharge co-ordinator, as well as discharge support officers and nursing staff. As a department we work closely with other specialist nursing teams, such as our Speech and Language Therapy teams.