West Country Chest Society Meeting 2024

The WCCS Annual Meeting is back for 2024. We have confirmed an excellent line up of topics and speakers including:

Breathlessness in elite athletes

Professor James Hull, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals and Lead for Sports Pulmonology at the Institute of Sports, Exercise and Health, UCL, London

Unexplained breathlessness in asthma

Katy Wilson, Respiratory Speech and Language Therapist, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Kerrie Hansell, Respiratory Physiotherapist, Royal Devon University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Masterclass in chronic lung infection - what we’ve learnt and where are we going?

Professor James Chalmers, Asthma and Lung UK Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee

Respiratory physiotherapy in chronic infection

Helen Bowery, Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, North Bristol NHS Trust

Acute management of pulmonary embolism

Dr Andrew Sharp, University Hospital of Wales

Pulmonary Rehabilitation and PROPEL myCOPD

Rachel Williams, Consultant Respiratory Respiratory Physiotherapist, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Tom Wilkinson, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton

Alison Blythin, Digital Research Nurse Speciaist and Clinical Trial Manager

Research and Innovation Forum including

 - Research and innovation prize

 - Clinical Research Network updates

 - PRISM Trainee network update