Birmingham NHS Occupational Lung Disease Service, UK

The Group of Occupational Respiratory Disease Specialists (or GORDS) is a UK network of a handful of consultant respiratory physicians, established by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Each member is either employed by the NHS or a university, and has both clinical and research interests in occupational asthma and other occupational lung diseases.

GORDS was established in 2001 to provide a readily accessible specialist knowledge base in the field of occupational respiratory disease and has a primary remit of providing direction to HSE policy and input to and critical review of research undertaken for HSE in the field of occupational respiratory disease.

The GORDS group currently has representation from a number of specialist occupational respiratory centres located across the UK:

Birmingham

Key contacts: Dr Gareth Walters, Dr Christopher Huntley, Sam Wallbanks and Vicky Moore (Clinical Scientists)

Email: gareth.walters@uhb.nhs.uk, christopher.huntley@uhb.nhs.uk

Weekly clinic on a Friday and access to Oasys plotting of peak flows, workplace vists, and specifici inhalation challenge testing

Address:

Birmingham Chest Clinic
151 Great Charles Street
Queensway
Birmingham B3 3HX

Tel: 0121 424 1950

Website: Birmingham Chest Clinic

OASYS and Occupational Asthma

Referral information: www.brumocclung.org

Liverpool

Key contact: Dr Chris Warburton

Email: chris.warburton@aintree.nhs.uk

Address:
Dept of Occupational Lung Disease
Aintree Chest Centre
University Hospital Aintree
Longmoor Lane
Liverpool L9 7AL

Tel:

0151 529 2077

Fax:

0151 529 2873

Aintree Chest Centre

London

Key contacts: Dr Joanna Szram and Dr Johanna Feary

Email: j.szram@rbht.nhs.uk, j.feary@rbht.nhs.uk

Address:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
National Heart and Lung Institute and Royal Brompton Hospital
1b Manresa Road
London SW3 6LR

Tel: 0207 351 8341

Website: www.lungsatwork.org.uk

Manchester

Key contacts: Dr Jenny Hoyle, Dr Ruth Wiggans, Dr Richard Barraclough, Dr Huda Badri, Christine Taylor (Secretary)

Email: Jennifer.Hoyle@mft.nhs.uk, Richard.Barraclough@uhsm.nhs.uk, huda.badri@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, christine.taylor3@mft.nhs.uk

A weekly dedicated clinic on a Monday and Tuesday morning based at NMGH (Trust lead Dr Hoyle). Access to non-specific and specific challenge tests, site visits. All standards as described in Thorax standards of care are met.

Referral via post to Dr Hoyle or via choose and book.

North Manchester General Hospital
Delauneys Road
Crumpsall
Manchester M8 5RB