Tallaght University Hospital
COPD Outreach
Contact Names/Numbers
| Contact information | 01 414 2542 |
| Office Hours | Monday – Friday 8:30am – 4.30pm |
Patient Information
If you have an appointment with COPD Outreach please bring a complete list of your medications including any inhalers or nebulisers you are on. You can keep a list of your medications on the My Medicines leaflet which is useful to have for all medical appointments COPD Outreach accepts appointments on an inpatient basis only. For information on COPD please visit www.copd.ie |
How to find us
The COPD Outreach Department is located on the ground floor. Turn right at the OPD entrance 2 sign. The COPD Outreach Department is located on the left hand side of this corridor just after the intersection. |
The Team
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Description of Department/Service
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow as you exhale and make it increasingly difficult to breathe. COPD Outreach provides a home visit service to patients with COPD following admission to hospital because of COPD. When you are ready, a hospital doctor may refer you to the outreach programme. COPD Outreach staff will see you on the ward before you go home. They will decide how often they need to visit depending on their assessment and they will phone you the week after you go home from hospital to arrange a visit. At each visit they will,
The COPD Outreach team will be available to talk to you on the phone about your breathing until you are discharged from the service |