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Doctors Our team of doctors at the IVF Unit will be responsible for initial investigations and formulating a treatment plan based on your individual circumstances. They will also oversee your treatment and make adjustments where necessary. Maya Chetty- Lead Consultant Dr Smriti Bhatta – Specialty Doctor Cornelia King – Specialty Doctor Dr Brian Brady –

Chest Physiotherapy

To assess the value of chest physiotherapy This was a small study looking at the effects of introducing regular chest physiotherapy, over a 3 month period, to patients who had not previously done such physiotherapy on a regular basis. Key Conclusions: Chest physiotherapy improves exercise tolerance and health related quality of life (reported through quality of

Group Meeting Summaries 2019

26 February Physiotherapy – Regular and Often: Wendy White, Community Physiotherapist, spoke about chest clearance emphasising the need for bronchiectasis patients to do this regularly as an essential part of the self management of the condition. Wendy also stressed the importance of ensuring that the lungs are kept moist by drinking plenty of water – which helps with clearing mucus and

2020 Meeting Programme

25 February : Bronchiectasis Clinic and MCN:  Dr Ximena Recabarren Note: Due to coronavirus we have had to suspend our face to face meetings. However, on 27 October we trialled a virtual meeting over zoom. A summary of that meeting is below. There was interest in holding further zoom meetings; a Christmas meeting over zoom is scheduled for 3pm on

2021 Meeting Programme

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions we are not able to continue with our regular monthly meetings. However, we are now planning to hold monthly meetings over Zoom until May. Meeting Summaries 26 January 2021: Alan Gray of Health All Round, an Edinburgh based Community Health Project, after giving a short summary of the objectives of the

Gillian’s Story (Mild)

Background. As a child I had chest infections frequently; I have not been a smoker but both my father and older brothers smoked.   As I grew up the chest infections became less and I did not have much bother at all in this respect. I was very active taking part in sports and also liked

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