A new group on Facebook has been set up for patients with Interstitial Lung Disease – North Devon ILD Support Group. This is a closed group where patients can support each other online with various lung diseases.
The group can be found here:Ìý
Who we are and where to find us
Respiratory medicine covers everything to do with the breathing system: the lungs, diaphragm, nose, throat, larynx and windpipe (trachea).
Our consultants and respiratory nurses look after people with a range of conditions, from asthma to lung cancer. We provide acute care for patients with a variety of respiratory conditions. In addition, we provide outpatient clinics, an advisory service and education for healthcare professionals as well as an advisory service and education for patients.
We do this in hospital on our dedicated wards but also through clinics and home visits to patients coping with long-term respiratory disorders.
Contact us
East
Â鶹ӰÊÓ and Exeter Hospital (Wonford)Ìý
We can be contacted via the main hospital switchboard on 01392 411611
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North
North Devon District HospitalÌý
We can be contacted via the main hospital switchboard on 01271 322577
The Respiratory Specialist Nurses provide a Helpline number 01271 311600 which is available Mon-Fri 8.00-16.00.
Oxygen Assessment Nurse contact number – 01271 337811
Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse – 01271 314046 or bleep 461
CREADO Team – 01271 341505
Sharon Standen – 01271 349589
Sally Pearson – 01271 322443
Jess Cole – 01271 311600
Where to find us
Your healthcare professional will advise where your appointment will take place. Your appointment may take place at one of our outpatient clinics situated within our main hospital sites or within the community.
Eastern services
Â鶹ӰÊÓ and Exeter Hospital (Wonford)Ìý
Â鶹ӰÊÓ and Exeter Hospital (Wonford)
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX2 5DW
Inpatients: Lyme Ward
Surgical Admissions Unit: Abbey Ward
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Northern Services
North Devon District HospitalÌý
North Devon District Hospital
Raleigh Park
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 4JB
Gemini Endoscopy Suite - Level 0
King George V Ward
Lundy Ward
Meet the team
Northern Services
Consultants
Dr Alison Moody – Consultant Physician
Dr Georgina Hands – Consultant Physician
Dr Jareer Raza – Consultant Physician
Respiratory Nurses
Lynn Greenfield – Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Sharon Newcombe – Respiratory Nurse
Jan Williams – Respiratory Specialist Nurse for Cystic Fibrosis & Bronchiectasis
Oxygen Service
Lesley Parsons and Linda Jordan – Oxygen Assessment Nurse
CREADO Team
The team consists of COPD Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists and HCA’s’. They are based at Barnstaple Health centre. Their contact number is 01271 341505
Lung Cancer Nurses
Martin Peters – Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse
Donna Dean – Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse
Secretaries
Sharon Standen – Secretary to Dr Alison Moody & Dr Jareer Raza
Sally Pearson – Secretary to Dr Georgina Hands
Jess Cole – Administrator for Respiratory Nurses
Melanie Duncan and Angela Sutton – Administrator for Lesley Parsons and Linda Jordan
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Eastern services
Consultants
- Dr Tom Burden - Consultant PhysicianÌý
- Dr Lee Dobson - Consultant Respiratory Medicine
- Dr Michael Gibbons - Consultant PhysicianÌý
Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Sharon Alford - Respiratory Nurse Specialist. Early Supported Discharge Service (COPD)
- Jo Burn - Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Laura Childs - Respiratory Nurse Specialist
- Katy Converso - Respiratory Nurse Matron & Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Michelle Curtis - Paediatric Respiratory & Allergy Nurse Specialist
- Charlotte Hawkins - Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for Â鶹ӰÊÓ Ventilation & Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Sarah Lines - Interstitial Lung Disease Nurse Specialist
- Hilary Mortimer - Respiratory Nuse Specialist/ Bronchiectasis
- Sandra Pope - Lead Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Abbie Rickards - Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy CNS
- Ruth Unsworth - Respiratory/TB Nurse Specialist
- Amanda Yates - Lead Asthma Specialist Nurse
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Patient information leaflets
We produce a wide range of leaflets which provide information about our services and about the treatment you might receive in our clinics or during your stay in hospital.Ìý
We also produce these in different formats including large print, please contact the department you are visiting for more information.
Useful videos
We have a wide range of videos which provide information about our services and about the treatment you might receive in our clinics or during your stay in hospital.Ìý
Supporting you
North Devon Breath Easy
Meets on 3rdÌýThursday of month at:
Marlborough Court (Common Room)
Park Lane
Bideford
EX39 2QZ
ContactÌý 03000 030 555
Mesothelioma & Lung Cancer Friendship Group
Meets last Tuesday of every month (excluding August & December) 11:30-12:30 at:
The Castle Centre
25 Castle St
Barnstaple
EX31 3DR
Contact Debbie Newing 07967 491777 or June/Ros 0845 8949567
North Devon ILD Support Group
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PIFU open appointments in North Devon
PIFU appointments are a new type of appointment for the North Devon Respiratory team.
Instead of routine follow up appointments, you will have a ‘PIFU appointment’ with us. This means that if you develop a concern or problem related to your respiratory condition or its treatment you can call us to book an appointment to see a doctor.
Your respiratory doctor will have informed you within your last appointment that you have aÌý ‘PIFU appointment’ with us and shared a patient information leaflet with you.
‘PIFU appointments’ are not suitable for all our Respiratory patients and if you have a respiratory appointment booked please ensure you attend.
Our respiratory doctors will be happy to discuss the option of a PIFU appointment within your next appointment.
We have introduced ‘PIFU appointments’ to improve the service we offer our patients. It means we won’t be asking our patients to make unnecessary trips to the hospital at times when you are feeling perfectly well and symptom-free.
‘PIFU appointments’ enable us to offer flexible and responsive appointments to our patients at a time when they need it.
To book a ‘PIFU appointment’ either complete theÌýPIFU Appointment Follow upÌýform belowÌýor phone our Respiratory team onÌý01271 349589.
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