Respiratory specialty
| Category A | Category B | Category C |
|---|---|---|
| Local Hospital Planned Care Refer to MDT for opinion if required | Refer to MDT for Discussion | Refer to MDT Consider Transfer of Care |
| • Asthma not on immunotherapy • Pneumonia • TB • Chronic obstructive Airways Disease • Pneumothorax • Sarcoidosis without restrictive lung disease, no renal involvement • Managed obstructive sleep/ obesity hypoventilation • Pulmonary embolus | • Restrictive lung disease with FVC < 50% predicted including scoliosis • Any respiratory condition currently receiving immunotherapy / biologics • Complicated asthma: a) Repeated presentations of asthma (≥3) in pregnancy b) Asthma receiving biologics c) Long-term corticosteroids • Bronchiectasis • New diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea/ obesity hypoventilation in pregnancy • Covid Pneumonitis • Lung cancer | • Cystic Fibrosis • Lung Transplant • Restrictive lung disease (eg ILD, kyphoscoliosis) with FVC <50% • Neuromuscular disorders with respiratory muscle involvement eg myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome • Pulmonary Vasculitis |