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