Bronchiectasis service

The bronchiectasis service investigates, diagnoses and treats the long-term condition bronchiectasis, which effects the airways of the lungs.

Bronchiectasis causes extra mucus to develop in the airways, therefore making you more likely to get an infection.

What can the Bronchiectasis service help with?

The bronchietasis service can help you to understand your condition and treat the causes. In addition to this, we can also help to:

Minimise your daily symptoms and reduce flare-ups
Self-manage your condition
Reduce hospitalisations
Make personalised choices about your treatment
Participate in research

Tests we carry out

We carry out tests so we can see how your lungs may be affected by the condition, including:

X-ray
High resolution CT scanning
Detailed lung function tests
Microbiological assessment
Gene testing for Cystic Fibrosis

How we treat your condition

We aim to reduce the severity and frequency of flare ups in order to help you preserve lung function. We focus on three components to treat Bronchiectasis, these are:

Infection
Airway inflammation
Mucous retention

Research

We work closely with the Sir William Leech Centre for Lung Research to develop new treatments and gain further understanding of Bronchiectasis.

Our recent research projects include:

Lungs and ageing: do the lungs of people with Bronchiectasis age differently to other people’s lungs?
Inhaled antibiotics: what do patients understand and want from their treatments?
Inhaled antibiotics: looking at alternative ways of giving inhaled antibiotics in bronchiectasis.
Reduction of flare-ups: reducing inflammation in the airways in patients with bronchiectasis and other lung diseases.

For more details, please contact:

email: nuth.swlc@nhs.net

Tel: 0191 223 1608
Tel: 0191 223 1148

Referral to our service

You will be referred to the service by your GP. You can see any of the consultants that specialise in chest conditions. However, Dr De Soyza, Consultant Respiratory Physician, has a specialist interest in this area, his clinic is on a Wednesday.