Respiratory medicine

Our respiratory team care for you if you have problems or conditions with your upper airway, lungs, chest wall, or ventilatory control system.

Location: Central Middlesex, Ealing, and Northwick Park Hospitals
Division: Medicine and therapies
General manager: Fiona Taylor

Contact respiratory medicine

At Central Middlesex Hospital

At Ealing Hospital

At Northwick Park Hospital

About respiratory medicine

Our respiratory team care for you if you have problems or conditions with your:

  • upper airway
  • lungs
  • chest wall
  • ventilatory control system.

Our consultants work alongside specialist nurses and physiotherapists to offer:

  • an outpatient service
  • a lung cancer outpatient service at Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals
  • a sleep service at Central Middlesex Hospital.

We have lung function laboratories at all three of these hospitals, which we use for:

  • lung function diagnostics
  • exercise testing
  • oxygen assessments.

Conditions treated by respiratory medicine

We care for you if you have obstructive diseases, such as:

  • COPD
  • emphysema
  • asthma
  • bronchiectasis

We also care for you if you have restrictive diseases, such as:

  • pulmonary fibrosis
  • chest wall problems

We also look after you if you have:

  • lung cancer
  • respiratory infections
  • pleural disease
  • occupational lung disease.

Our team at Central Middlesex Hospital also look after you if you have tuburculosis (TB). If you have TB and are being seen at Ealing or Northwick Park Hospitals, you will be seen by our Infectious Diseases team.

Respiratory medicine patient information