Patient & Carer Information

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Patient Information

 

Most of the Society's website is accessible to all visitors.  However, we realise  that content is written with different audiences in mind and we are concerned to make these pages as relevant as we can for those who have a respiratory condition, and for general visitors to the website.   

These pages are a "work in progress".  The Society has a Public Liaison Committee which is advising us about the format and content of this site.  The Committee is made up of members of the public and will shortly publish an on-line "Guide to Making the Most of the Respiratory Consultation". This will provide information and advice for the patient and the clinician.

You can find information in these pages for patients and carers.  We have presented information in table format and listed according to topic in the first column.    You can visit the Society's own resources or click through the links to other organisations.   Click on the relevant link(s) in the table below to access the page(s).   When available, other relevant websites are listed.  

Please note that BTS cannot provide clinical advice to individual enquirers, and does not provide recommendations or referrals to indvidual specialists.  The British Lung Foundation and Asthma UK provide helplines which are staffed by trained advisers.

 BLF Helpline: 08458 50 50 20 (Mon to Fri 10 am to 6 pm) calls charged at your local rate

Asthma UK Adviceline:  0800 121 62 44. Service is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.  Calls are free from a BT landline. Charges may vary from other landline providers and mobile phones


Respiratory condition
Available Resources
 General Information for patients  General information for patients
Air Travel  Information for patients with
 respiratory conditions planning
 air travel
Allergy  BSACI
 Aspergillus
Alpha 1 Antitrypsin deficiency  Alpha 1 Awareness
Alpha 1 UK Support
Asthma  Information for patients with 
 Asthma

 Asthma UK 
Bronchoscopy  Having a bronchoscopy
Children and Lung Disease  British Paediatric Respiratory Society
 Medikidz
Cystic Fibrosis  Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Histiocytosis  Histiocytosis Research Trust
Influenza  Health Protection Agency
Lung Cancer  Information on lung cancer
 British Lung Foundation
 Roy Castle Lung Cancer  Foundation
Lung Transplantation  Information on lung transplantation
 British Lung Foundation
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis  LAM Action
Mesothelioma  Mesothelioma UK
 June Hancock Fund
Occupational Lung Disease  Information on occupational asthma
Palliative Care  NCPC
Pulmonary Hypertension  PHA
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia  PCD Support
SARS  WHO
Sleep Apnoea  Information on sleep apnoea
 Sleep Apnoea Trust
Smoking Cessation  Information on smoking cessation