The Respiratory Service covers a diverse range of disorders and diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract. There are nine respiratory consultants working within the Trust each with specialist interests in various aspects of respiratory care.
Inpatient care is provided primarily in wards A3 and A4 in Antrim Area Hospital and Medical 1 and 2 in Causeway Hospital. Alongside the medical teams, respiratory nurse specialists work across all hospitals providing specialist support and advice to their ward colleagues. Respiratory physiotherapy teams provide assessment and treatment of respiratory patients on all wards as needed.
A range of diagnostic respiratory investigations are provided across the Trust.
Specialist outpatient clinics include:
- Bronchiectasis
- Interstitial lung Disease
- Lung cancer clinics
- COPD and Asthma
- Home oxygen assessment and review clinics
- Sleep clinics
Respiratory (Thoracic) clinics will be either consultant or nurse/physiotherapy-led clinics. These are usually located in hospital outpatient departmentsL
- Antrim Area Hospital
- Causeway Hospital
- Braid Valley Hospital/Ballymena Health and Care Centre
- Whiteabbey Hospital
- Mid Ulster Hospital, Magherafelt
Our Specialist Respiratory Team provides advice, education and practical support to patients in hospital and in the community or those requiring specialist care.
Community Respiratory Team
The Community Respiratory Team provides care and support to patients in a community setting who have a diagnosis of COPD, Bronchiectasis or Interstitial Lung Disease.
There are four teams located across the Northern Trust area. They work closely with secondary and primary care services to ensure that patients receive the right care at the right time by the right health care professional.
The Community respiratory Team is made up of specialist nurses, physiotherapists and support workers.
Community management includes:
- Appointments in both clinics and home visits
- Medication management- This includes inhaler and nebuliser therapy reviews, inhaled drug challenges, oxygen prescribing, exacerbation management with antibiotics/steroids as appropriate by multi-disciplinary team prescribers and GPs
- Chronic disease management
- Exacerbation management
- Oxygen assessment and review
- Non-invasive ventilation management
- Airway clearance
- Breathlessness management
- Respiratory palliative care
- Promoting expert self-management plan
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
How to contact us
Respiratory Service
- Telephone: 028 9442 4000 (Antrim Area Hospital switchboard)
- Telephone: 028 7032 7032 (Causeway Hospital switchboard)
Community teams
Antrim and Ballymena area
Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital Site, 45 Bush Road, Antrim, BT41 2RL
- Telephone: 028 9442 4930
Causeway area
Rathlea House, Mount Fern Complex, 8a Rugby Avenue, Coleraine, BT52 1JL
- Telephone: 028 7034 7883
Magherafelt area
Mid Ulster Hospital, 59 Hospital Road, Magherafelt, BT45 5EX
- Telephone: 028 7936 6731
Whiteabbey area
Old Lab Building, Whiteabbey Hospital, Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9RH
- Telephone: 028 9055 2469
Sleep Service and CPAP Therapy resources
If you have been referred to the Sleep Service or diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea, you can find helpful information about your condition, CPAP therapy, and what to expect below.