The Children’s Respiratory Service is a state of the art tertiary service for the multidisciplinary care for a range of conditions including congenital lung abnormalities, bronchiectasis, immunodeficiency, severe asthma, dysfunctional breathing, rare lung diseases (e.g. interstitial lung disease), chronic lung disease of prematurity, sleep-disordered breathing and long term ventilation. We provide a service to a city population of 780,000, and a regional population of 3.8 million.
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What we do
The Children’s Respiratory Service is a state of the art tertiary service for the multidisciplinary care for a range of conditions including congenital lung abnormalities, bronchiectasis, immunodeficiency, severe asthma, dysfunctional breathing, rare lung diseases (e.g. interstitial lung disease), chronic lung disease of prematurity, sleep-disordered breathing and long term ventilation.
We are based in a state-of-the-art outpatient respiratory centre with an associated Respiratory Ward (L38). You can find our services on A Floor, Clarendon Wing at our Leeds General Infirmary site.
Patients referred to our service can receive relevant testing during a visit to one of our clinics. We are able to offer pulse oximetry, lung function, and respiratory microbiology analysis.
We provide a bronchoscopy service, sleep physiology analysis and respiratory physiotherapy.
We have strong links with all the relevant paediatric specialties, including paediatric radiology, immunology, ENT, and cardiology, as well as Adult services. We also work closely with other teams in Yorkshire.
Meet the team
We are a multidisiplinary team made of up doctors, nurses, physicians associate, physiotherapists, dietitians and psychologists. As a Children’s Respiratory Service we manage all aspects of children’s lung health. We also have specific teams covering Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Long Term Ventilation and Bronchiectasis.
Respiratory Consultant Staff:
Dr Christopher Edwards (Lead Clinician, Cystic Fibrosis, Long Term Ventilation, and General Respiratory)
Dr Tim Lee (Cystic Fibrosis Lead)
Dr Emma Guy (Cystic Fibrosis, Difficult Asthma and General Respiratory)
Dr Alex Adams (Cystic Fibrosis, Difficult Asthma and General Respiratory)
Dr Saikiran Gopalakaje (Cystic Fibrosis, Long Term Ventilation, and General Respiratory)
Dr Evie Robson (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Cystic Fibrosis, and General Respiratory)
Dr Laura Walker (Cystic Fibrosis, Difficult Asthma, and General Respiratory)
Dr Alex Paes (Cystic Fibrosis and General Respiratory)
Physician Associate: Nao Doylend
Clinic Staff: Carol Sowerby, Katy Waller, Lesley Kell
Clinic admin: Demi Joyce, Monika Szczepanska, Nadia Khan
We are happy to receive any enquiries regarding being referred for care at our centre from parents and from general practitioners.