Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Enfield
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Pulmonary rehabilitation is a six-week course combining exercise and education for individuals with COPD and other long-term respiratory conditions that cause breathlessness. It aims to enhance exercise tolerance and promote regular physical activity, while the educational aspect facilitates self-management through a multidisciplinary approach.

This course runs on: 

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

  • Confirmed diagnosis of respiratory condition
  • Enfield resident
  • over 18
  • Patient is aware of diagnosis and referral 
  • Functional limitation due to breathlessness (MRC2 or above)
  • Motivated to exercise
  • Patient willing to commit with two-hours session twice a week for six weeks
  • Patient able to travel to venue
  • Patient's current medication optimised/will be adjusted if required

Exclusions

  • Inability to walk 10 metres independently (with or without walking aids)
  • Cognitive/social ability - inability to participate in group activities and follow commands
  • Known uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias
  • Unstable cardiovascular disease (e.g. unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension, AAA > 5.5cm)
  • Severe locomotor disease preventing moderate intensity exercise
  • Recurrent falls
  • Recent MI
  • Patient has attended the programme in the past 12 months
  • No confirmed respiratory diagnosis

How to Refer

EMIS form

Referral methods: Email

Patients are referred and then assessed to check suitability for the course. If suitable, they must be able to commit to attending the course for two hours every Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday for six weeks. Once the referral has been received, it will be screened by non-clinical administrators with no changes to clinical response times.

For patients who have a diagnosis of COPD, please include quality-assured spirometry on referral and review that the patient meets criteria for referral (see Eligibility Criteria). The service also accepts referrals for patients with asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease and prior to lung transplant/lung reduction surgery.

Complete the Adult Services Single Point of Access Referral form - Enfield Community Services and send to the following centralised ECS address:
e: rf-tr.ecsadultsinglepointofaccess@nhs.net

Where to find the form

  • ENF Global Library > Community Therapies

Self-referral

020 4553 5693
rf-tr.enfieldcommunityrespiratoryservice@nhs.net

Patients can self-refer via phone or email. Patients are then assessed to check suitability for the course. If suitable, they must be able to commit to attending the course for two hours every Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday for six weeks.

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Review date: Wednesday, 14 April 2027