Community Respiratory Service - Mid Essex

We offer care and support for people with a respiratory disease.

• We run our service from a variety of venues - they are listed on the right of this page, under Available Locations. Click on a location to find out a venue's contact details and how to get there.

What does your service do?

We give care and support to people with:

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema
• Bronchiectasis
• Hyperventilation syndrome
• Dysfunctional breathing
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Chronic asthma
• Some patients awaiting a lung transplant

We can offer you these treatments:

• A self-management programme: for patients with pulmonary disease
• A rapid response: same-day visits on weekdays to patients whose condition deteriorates. The aim is to provide treatment at home to avoid the need to go to hospital
• Oxygen therapy assessment
• Pulmonary rehabilitation: which includes an exercise programme, education and nutrition advice to help improve the independence of people with lung disease
• Palliative care
• Telehealth service: includes a self-monitoring system which checks your blood pressure, oxygen saturations and changes to your breathing pattern 

We are not able to treat patients with acute asthma or lung cancer.

Our team includes respiratory and oxygen assessment nurses, physiotherapists, healthcare support workers and admin staff. We work closely with various other healthcare professionals, such as GPs, respiratory consultants, and hospital and community teams.

Who is the service for?

Adults (18 years and over) who are registered with a GP in the NHS Mid Essex area. 

How can I access your service?

Referral process

You can refer yourself if you’ve been treated by us before. Call us on the number below.

You can be referred by any healthcare professional, such as a GP, respiratory consultant or physiotherapist. They can call us or fax a letter, using the contact details below.

The average waiting time is six weeks from referral. We see urgent referrals on the same day, excluding weekends.

Where and when

Our office is based at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

We run clinics at various times on weekdays, from 9am until 5pm (including bank holidays) at these locations:

• Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford
• Braintree Community Hospital,
• St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon 

* Our rapid response service operates in patients’ homes on weekdays between 9am and 5pm, including bank holidays. 

How do I contact your service?

For referrals and enquiries, contact our administrator:

• Call: 01245 318884 or 318869
• Fax: 01245 318861