About our lung health service
The Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine (Respiratory Medicine Clinic) is a comprehensive tertiary hospital unit.
It provides direct and consultative inpatient care, clinic services, and actively involved in respiratory health services across Hunter New England LHD.
The Respiratory Medicine Clinic has 16 inpatient beds in Ward F2 on Level 2, North block at John Hunter Hospital.
It provides clinic services for:
- Rapid Access Clinic (RAC)
- Adapt clinic
- Difficult Airways Clinic (DAC)
- Cystic Fibrosis services
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation program
- Newcastle Sleep Disorders Centre
- Tuberculosis services
- Pulmonary Function Laboratory
- Clinical research laboratory
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Non-invasive vents.
The Respiratory Medicine Clinic also conducts a lung cancer clinic at the Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital and has outreach clinics in other parts of the LHD (Local Health District) including Cessnock, Muswellbrook, Maitland, Moree and Narrabri.
Newcastle Sleep Disorders Centre (NSDC)
The Newcastle Sleep Disorders Centre (the Centre) is a diagnostic laboratory that investigates sleep related breathing disorders such as sleep apnoea.
The Centre mainly functions as an outpatient service but also conducts overnight sleep studies and studies for non-acute non-invasive ventilation.
Pulmonary Function Laboratory
The Pulmonary Function Laboratory is in the Diagnostic Centre at John Hunter Hospital.
It conducts several routine and complex respiratory function tests, including:
- spirometry
- gas transfer
- lung volumes
- bronchial provocation testing
- cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- overnight oximetry monitoring
- altitude simulation testing.
Asthma action plans
An asthma action plan is written for your child by their doctor to help them manage their asthma. The plan will include:
- your child’s current asthma control level
- information about the medicine they take for asthma
- how much medicine they need
- how often they need to take medicine
- when to call the doctor or go to the emergency department.
Your child’s asthma plan should be updated every six months. Take it with you whenever your child sees their local doctor or specialist.
Action plans
- Asthma action plan - children 6 years and under (PDF 137.38KB)
- Asthma action plan - children 6 years and older (PDF 138.23KB)
Treatment plans
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