Addenbrooke's Hospital
Research and Development
The Rosie Hospital
Useful links
Breathlessness Intervention Service (BIS)
Charitable organisations
Including the British Lung Foundation Breathlessness page.
Reliable, easy to understand patient information from Cancer Research UK
> Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Financial
Many people with long term conditions end up with financial difficulties because they are unable to work or maintain their living standards.
Here are some useful websites:
> DIAL UK - Disability advice network
Tel: 01302 310 123
St Catherine’s. Tickhill Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8QN
> Benefit enquiry line - under the heading Money, Tax and Benefits;
Tel: 0800 882200
> Citizens Advice Bureau - look under heading “find your local bureau”
Advice guide website is www.adviceguide.org.uk Look under heading “benefits for people who are sick or disabled”
The National Debtline gives advice on debt management:
Tel: 0808 808 4000.
> Disability Living Foundation
Patient information
Did you know that cold weather can affect your COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and it can be made worse by viruses that cause coughs and colds. The met office’s healthy outlook service will warn you when conditions are expected that could make your COPD worse, so you can take action to keep it well.
> Mindfulness videos with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He teaches mindfulness meditation as a technique to help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness.
Research
> Cicely Saunders Institute
Cicely Saunders International focuses on carrying out quality research to improve the care and treatment of all patients with progressive illness and to make high quality palliative care available to everyone who needs it.
> East of England - Long Term Conditions
> General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit - Breathlessness Intervention Service (BIS)
On this site:
> Are you living with Breathlessness due to Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema? (COPD)
For NHS staff on an NHS connection:
On other sites:
> General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit - Breathlessness Intervention Service (BIS)
