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All Wales HOS Clinical Network

Network Lead: Claire Hurlin
Composition: Nurses only Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

The All Wales Home Oxygen Clinical Group meets quarterly to learn, review and improve services across Wales. Over the next 3 years as a group we are agreeing All Wales guidelines for patient information, risk assessment patient reported outcomes. We are also looking at variation and trying to reduce it across the Health Boards using best practice

Basingstoke Respiratory Nurse Forum

Network Lead: Fiona Dalton
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

A vibrant group of mostly Practice nurses, although anyone with a respiratory interest is welcome. We have good links and support from specialist secondary care Respiratory nurses and Physiotherapists who regularly attend. Members come from a wide area of North Hampshire.

Bedford Respiratory Network

Network Lead: linda lomax
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

A forum to share best practice, motivation, resources and success whilst focusing on delivering high quality respiratory care.

BeNEER

Network Lead: Samantha Maddox
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

We are a group formed of multidisciplinary health professionals focusing on best respiratory care in our area. The group offers an opportunity to network, share best practice and attend regular educational meetings. It is also an opportunity for integration of various teams, including but not exclusive to GP practices and community pharmacy.

BNSSG Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Liz Mallett
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

We are a friendly group of healthcare professionals from across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS who network and share best practice. We bring complex case studies for discussion and regional updates to the meetings. We would love to welcome new members from all professions and clinical areas. We are developing an online education program and are putting on regular face to face educational meetings as well.
Please contact Liz at elizabeth.mallett1@nhs.net for further details.

Cambridgeshire Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Sam Crossman-Jelliff
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Advising practice nurses & GPs on best practice for respiratory patients

Croydon Respiratory Champions

Network Lead: Sonal Patel
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Informal meetings for Croydon primary care practitioners to share best practice and improve patients outcomes

Dorset Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Yvonne Moul
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Regular network and educational meetings for any professional with a respiratory interest. The West group also has joint meetings with counterpart group based in East Dorset.

East Dorset Respiratory Interest Group (RIG)

Network Lead: Stephanie Norton
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

East Dorset RIG meet regularly for respiratory updates and networking every quarter. We join with the West Dorset RIG annually for a pan-Dorset meeting. Attendees are from many disciplines including practice nurses, hospital respiratory nurses, community nurses, GPs, physios and pharmacists.

East Surrey Group

Network Lead: Sharon Booker
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

East Surrey PCRS meeting every 3 months for education updates & networking

Maidstone Respiratory Forum

Network Lead: Caroline Taylor
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

4 lunch time meetings a year with a guest expert speaker/clinician followed by discussion,case studies and sharing of ideas, best practice. all welcome

MK Respiratory Forum

Network Lead: Ruth Thomas
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Other - please specify

Multi-disciplinary respiratory educational group with attendess from both primary and secondary care

NI Respiratory Nurse Specialist Forum

Network Lead: Anne Marie Marley
Composition: Nurses only Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

The NI Respiratory Nurse Specialist Forum was established to share best practice and improve respiratory care services for people across NI. It provides educational updates and professional networking for the members.

Norwich Ford

Network Lead: Lisa Tighe
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Restarting the main Norwich Ford group. First meeting Feb 22nd 2023.
Expecting around 50 attendees.
Talks to include SABA overuse and asthma reviews.

Operose Health Respiratory Network

Network Lead: janice brown
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Operose Health Respiratory Network is for all employees of Operose Health Primary Care services. It is a network of a variety of healthcare staff improving the quality and efficiency of services by collaborating and enabling clinicians, patients and service managers to work together across boundaries to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.
It provides a platform to encourage communication advising of the opportunities for further education and updates on guidelines.

Respiratory Care Solutions

Network Lead: Sarah Oeser
Composition: Nurses only Focus: Professional group focusing on issues related to the professional role (e.g. practice nurse group)

Respiratory Care Solutions in a social enterprise with the aim of inspiring and education health care professionals. The lead for Bradford Respiratory Network is Sarah Oeser (practice nurse).

Sevenoaks Practice Nurse Respiratory Forum

Network Lead: Amanda Mawdsley
Composition: Nurses only Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

A friendly, informal quarterly group meeting for local practice nurses with a role in respiratory care, focusing on varying respiratory topics, when possible from non promotional speakers. A light sandwich lunch is provided.

South Hampshire Respiratory Journal Club

Network Lead: Kerry Woodward
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

The group welcomes all healthcare professionals with an interest in respiratory, within all areas of healthcare. Regular attendees include practice nurses, respiratory nurse specialists, respiratory physiotherapists, pharmacists and GPs. We meet 4 times a year and are supported by a variety of pharma companies who help by funding the venue and refreshments. We ask attendees to choose topics to cover or be discussed and we encourage sharing of best practice at the meetings. Anyone keen to develop their presentation skills are invited to share topics relevant to their expertise and knowledge in a friendly and supportive environment.

South London Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Open primary care multidisciplinary forum for clinicians with a special interest in respiratory medicine. Group's focus is on sharing best practice, discussing case studies, and QIPs, networking and constantly developing skills within the respiratory medicine field. Everyone welcomed. The group is meeting virtually at present.

South Wilts Respiratory Group

Network Lead: Lizzie Williams
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

We are an inclusive group who welcome new members from all disciplines in both primary and secondary care. We share knowledge and information and have a strong emphasis on peer support.

Southampton City Airways Forum

Network Lead: Carla Astles
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

We welcome all healthcare professionals with an interest in Respiratory. We believe that by learning together we have an opportunity to share best practice, support each other and build multi-disciplinary networks. We encourage anyone who wishes to gain experience in Chairing a meeting or sharing outcomes of work they are involved in to do so in this friendly environment.

SRIG - Somerset Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Laura Rush
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

The Somerset Respiratory Interest Group provides ongoing support for those caring for patients with respiratory disease. It enables opportunities to update, develop knowledge and skills and ultimately to improve respiratory care through education, expert speakers and by sharing experience and best practice through networking and case based discussion. The agenda is based on requests from feedback forms, tailored to the group.

Suffolk Respiratory Group

Network Lead: SALLY HARRIS
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

The Suffolk Respiratory Group is a locally run educational group whose primary aim is to facilitate learning of respiratory conditions through the provision of respiratory educational meetings. Our meetings are supported by joint educational sponsorship from a number of pharmaceutical companies and are open to all healthcare professionals.

Sussex Respiratory Interest Group

Network Lead: Sue Kropf
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

Regular network and educational meetings for any professional with a respiratory interest. Enables the opportunity to update, develop knowledge and skills to improve respiratory care through education, expert speakers, sharing experiences and best practice. These sessions will be supported by joint educational sponsorship from a number of pharmaceutical companies.

SYRIG (South Yorkshire Respiratory Interest Group)

Network Lead: Nicola Standring-Brown
Composition: Multi-disciplinary Focus: Respiratory group focusing specifically on respiratory issues

SYRIG are a peer support respiratory interest group meeting approximately bimonthly and providing a mixture of face to face and online events. We source speakers from the South Yorkshire area and Nationally and aim to keep our membership up to date with local changes as well as national issues and provide opportunity to network with likeminded professionals. We have a mixed membership which includes physiotherapists, pharmacists, GPs, Nurses, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Secondary Care Consultants - any health professional is welcome. Our website is www.syrig.org.uk, we have a facebook page and you can register there to be added to our mailing list to hear about local respiratory education opportunities and SYRIG meetings, we would love to hear from you or have you along!