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Chest Clinic
The Chest Clinic provides specialist respiratory services to Plymouth, West Devon and East Cornwall for problems such as asthma, COPD and lung cancer.
In addition to the consultant-led respiratory outpatient service at Derriford Hospital, clinics are also held at Kingsbridge, Liskeard, Launceston, Tavistock and Bude. All the consultants see general respiratory cases, and have sub-speciality interests.
We also provide nurse-led clinics for asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and sleep apnoea and work closely with colleagues in Radiology, Thoracic Surgery, Oncology , Pathology and Palliative Care.
Our services include:
- Allergy & Desensitisation
- Asthma
- Lung cancer & mesothelioma
- Respiratory immunology & immunodeficiency
- Chronic Ventilatory failure & NIV
- Tuberculosis
- COPD
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung function
- Bronchoscopy
The Chest Clinic is located next to main outpatients on level 6 at Derriford Hospital
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