The following services are available for people in Leeds who are living with respiratory conditions and breathlessness.
Leeds Breathlessness Resources
Leeds Centre for Respiratory Medicine has created a website dedicated to managing breathlessness, with a wide range of resources for patients, carers and healthcare professionals. To visit, please click here. Some commonly used resources are listed below:
A Practical Guide to Coping with Breathlessness - Information for patients.
My Opioid Prescription - specifically for people on morphine for breathlessness.
Breathlessness Crisis Plan - for patients, carers and families.
Opioids for Breathlessness in Advanced Diseases - intended to be used to aid both primary and secondary care healthcare professionals in the use of opioids for adult patients with breathlessness in advanced disease.
Guidance for Withdrawal of Respiratory Support in Conscious Adults at the End of Life - guidance intended for health professionals caring for conscious adults over 18 who meet the following criteria.
Decision Aid for Common Antifibrotic side effects - for ILD patients.
Services
- Community Respiratory Team Referral Info for Healthcare Professionals
- LTHT Adult Specialist Palliative Care Team
- LTHT Leeds Integrated Respiratory Palliative Multi Disciplinary Team
- LTHT Leeds Sleep and Complex Home Ventilation Service
- St Gemmas Hospice Palliative Respiratory Pathway
- Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice Palliative Respiratory Pathway