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COPD & Home Oxygen Service (HOS-AR): CNWL
CamdenProvided By
Home oxygen therapy is used for the treatment of chronic hypoxaemia once any underlying disease management is optimised and all reversible causes have been identified and treated.
The multi-disciplinary Camden HOS-AR team consists of a combination of specialist respiratory physiotherapists and nurses with support from a respiratory consultant physician and access to specialist smoking cessation support.
The aims of the Camden HOS-AR team are to:
- identify people appropriate for initiation of oxygen therapy
- initiate oxygen therapy safely and in line with local and national guidance
- optimise benefit from oxygen therapy
- reduce harm from trips, falls, smoking, fire and oxygen toxicity
- maximise value from oxygen equipment use
- improve patient and carer experience of having and using home oxygen.
The Camden HOS-AR team reviews:
- all patients with a new home oxygen prescription within four weeks
- all patients with home oxygen therapy (at least) once a year.
Air Liquide
The home oxygen supplier for Camden is Air Liquide. The Air Liquide team can be contacted via the following routes:
Healthcare Professional Support Team: 080 8202 2099 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm)
Patient line: 080 8143 9991 (24 hours; will take HCP calls out of hours)
e: allhomecare.hcpsupport@nhs.net
It is essential to assess the safety of any form of home oxygen. Please fill out the Initial Home Oxygen Risk Mitigation/Consent Form (IHORM/HOCF) and Home Oxygen Order Form (HOOF) (see External Links) for home oxygen prior to specialist assessment.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusions
Any person registered with a Camden GP who has been prescribed home oxygen for the management of:
- severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- interstitial lung disease ('pulmonary fibrosis'), including following COVID-19 pneumonitis
- morbid obesity causing nocturnal hypoventilation/obstructive sleep apnoea
- other rarer chronic respiratory diseases
- cardiac (chronic heart failure)
- other causes of chronic hypoxaemia.
The following people who have been prescribed home oxygen will also be seen:
- neonates and children with chronic hypoxia under the care of paediatric or neonatal teams
- patients with chronic-worsening hypoxia with progressive diseases (including cancer), approaching end of life under the care of a palliative care team
- patients prescribed high-flow, short-burst oxygen therapy for cluster headaches (this is the only indication for oxygen to be prescribed without co-existing hypoxia).
How to Refer
EMIS form
Referral methods: Email
Complete the Camden Integrated Adult Community Services – CNWL referral form (attaching any relevant discharge, outpatient reports or recent spirometry) and email to: camdenreferrals.cnwl@nhs.net
Where to find the form
- Camden Global Documents > Adult & Elderly Services
Please note: Any incomplete referral forms will not be accepted and will be returned to the referrer.
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