{"id":897,"date":"2025-11-06T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/?page_id=897"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:29:55","slug":"support-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/support-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A support group for bronchiectasis patients and their carers \u2013&nbsp;<em>\u201cBreathtakers \u2013 Action&nbsp;for Bronchiectasis\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>was set up in 2010 \u2013 under an initiative from Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh bronchiectasis&nbsp;clinic headed by Dr Adam Hill \u2013 now Professor Adam Hill.&nbsp; It is run by a small grouping of patient volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the&nbsp;group is&nbsp;to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>aid rehabilitation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>improve and maintain quality of life<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>promote awareness of bronchiectasis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our aim is to be open, encouraging and informative.&nbsp; The group currently meets once a month on a Wednesday afternoon at 3pm at the Institute of Regeneration and Repair Building (on the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site)  Click here for a link to this year&#8217;s timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each month two members of the Support Group Committee set up an information &#8220;clinic table&#8221; on a Thursday afternoon in OPD3 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information follow link:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/group\/breathtakers-action-for-bronchiectasis\/#contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breathtakers &#8211; Action For Bronchiectasis &#8211; Chest Heart &amp; Stroke Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A support group for bronchiectasis patients and their carers &ndash;&nbsp;&ldquo;Breathtakers &ndash; Action&nbsp;for Bronchiectasis&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;was set up in 2010 &ndash; under an initiative from Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh bronchiectasis&nbsp;clinic headed by Dr Adam Hill &ndash; now Professor Adam Hill.&nbsp; It is run by a small grouping of patient volunteers. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-897","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/blog\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"A support group for bronchiectasis patients and their carers &ndash;&nbsp;&ldquo;Breathtakers &ndash; Action&nbsp;for Bronchiectasis&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;was set up in 2010 &ndash; under an initiative from Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh bronchiectasis&nbsp;clinic headed by Dr Adam Hill &ndash; now Professor Adam Hill.&nbsp; It is run by a small grouping of patient volunteers. The","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1459,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/897\/revisions\/1459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}