The enhanced respiratory and heart failure service is a multi- disciplinary team consisting of ACP’s (Advanced clinical practitioners), specialist nurses, physiotherapists, therapy assistants, support workers, occupational therapist and a pharmacy technician.
We offer a variety of services, for people with respiratory illnesses, heart failure and motor neurone disease throughout Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.
Services offered
COPD Response
We provide care to manage acutely unwell patients at home to help avoid hospital admission, where possible. We continually monitor throughout exacerbations to support patients to improve. We provide home visits and monitoring via a virtual ward where appropriate.
Once a patient has initially been referred to us, a self-referral system is in place and people can contact us for advice or a review 7 days a week 8am - 6pm. All calls are triaged by a qualified member of staff and appropriate action will be taken, following discussion with individual, based on need.
We will help to develop an individualised care plan to help people manage their COPD at home, this includes:
- Education and improving understanding of COPD
- Breathing techniques including chest clearance
- Stress and anxiety management
- Managing Medication appropriately
- Effective Inhaler techniques
- Support to stop smoking
- Self-management and flare up plans
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation – “Keep active, breathe better"
We offer an 8-week course of gentle exercise and educational talks focused on your breathing/respiratory condition. Our venues are in either Middleton, Castleton or Rochdale.
For many people, the programme has been proven to improve exercise tolerance, helping people breathe more efficiently, help people feel better mentally such as increasing confidence in activities of daily living, and most importantly, gives tools and strategies to provide better understanding and management of lung conditions.
Respiratory clinic
We run physiotherapy and nurse led clinics within the HMR community and offer advice on chest clearance, bronchiectasis management and Dysfunctional breathing.
Long Covid service
Patients who have ongoing symptoms 12 weeks post positive covid diagnosis can be referred to the long covid service. Patients are assessed by a member of the multi-disciplinary team and discussed in a virtual MDT meeting which includes respiratory consultants, physiotherapists and psychological medicine colleagues. From here patients are offered appropriate investigations and referrals.
Motor Neurone disease
We provide care for patients in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) with Motor neurone disease offering ongoing support from nursing staff and physiotherapy.
Heart Failure
We provide care to patients in HMR community offering home visits and clinics as identified individually for the patient’s needs. We receive referrals from varying sources including GP, Heart Failure Nurses, Cardiologists, District Nurses among many more.
We see patients varying from newly diagnosed heart failure to end of life care as needed, working alongside the local Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT). We discuss with the patient and family/carer their diagnosis and the benefits of reviewing and optimising their heart failure medication to assist in easing symptoms.
We link in with the local Cardiology Multidisciplinary Team weekly, undertaking discussion on an individual basis as needed.
How to contact us
Please call 01706 517771 and ask for the Enhanced Respiratory Service and Heart Failure Service.
Calls will be answered 7 days a week from 8am - 6pm.
Date of Review: June 2025
Date of Next Review: June 2027
Ref No: PI_ICS_2081 (Rochdale)