Welcome to www.brumocclung.org

The Birmingham regional NHS occuptional lung disease service is part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and based at Birmingham Chest Clinic, UK. We are designated as a World Allergy Organisation Centre of Excellence

We also see patients with a variety of occupational intersitial lung diseases and pneumoconioses (eg. silicosis, siderosis) as well as asbestos lung diseases (eg. visceral pleural thickening, asbestosis)

We are committed to undertaking clinical research that helps our patients. Please see the research page for the projects we are currently involved with

We deliver an NHS service for diagnosing and managing patients with work-related lung disorders.  This includes patients who are still working as well as those with historical workplace exposures

Our long-established team of NHS consultants, physiologists and specialist nurses is amongst the most experienced in the UK and Europe in assessing and managing work-related lung diseases

We also run courses for healthcare professionals, including respiratory clinicians, occuptional health providers and ohysicians, and physiologists, nurses and allied health professionals. Please see our course page for details

We investigate patients for allergic dieases such as occupational asthma and hypersensitivity pneuminitis, as well as   acute inhalational accidents and occupational emphysema

If you are a patient or a healthcare professional please follow the links to find out more about the services we offer, how to make a referral, or how to contact us for further information

Our centre is part of a network of specialist NHS occupational respiratory disease services around the UK. Please see the 'GORDS centres' tab for more details on regional services