Useful links:

 

Your Covid Recovery

NHS Supporting your recovery after covid.

Covid support

NHS Lancashire Teaching Hospital – Covid-19 specific guidance

British Lung Foundation:- Managing breathlessness

AbScent Network:- Recover your smell

NHS Chronic fatigue

Exercise

Sport England “Join the movement”

Fit for me, Home Activities

Healthiness:

Royal Osteoporosis Society: Videos for people with osteopenia, osteoporosis, or previous spinal fractures

Tune in to 10Today: 10 minute workouts

AgeUK: Keep active and reduce your risk of falling

 

Mind

Psychology Tools: Living with worry and anxiety amidst global

 

Free Mindfulness: Mindfulness exercises

 

Every mind matters

Talk Liverpool

Nutrition

British Dietetic Association: General advice

 

Friends of the Elderly Group: Nutrition  and  hydration  in  older  age

 

Social

Citizens Advice Liverpool

 

Liverpool Cares

 

Introduction Post Covid Support

This section will provide you with information that is aimed at helping you recover from your post covid illness. If you are still having some on-going issues, you may want to consider discussing this with your healthcare professional and consider getting referred onto the breathe programme.  On this page you will find the various option available as part of our programme.

 

The Breathe programme can support you with:

• Advice on your breathlessness management
• Advice on pacing & activity levels.
• Advice regarding symptom management and provide you with an action plan.
• Provide support by offering you a refferal onto other useful servcices.

 

Options available to you:

 

Once you have been referred onto the programme, there are different options available based on your needs and preferences. Due to the social distances measures currently in place, our venues are closed. However we are currently offering all our patients a variety of consultation options, either via the telephone or video consultation. Following your initial consultation our team with work with you to develop a tailored programme to meet your needs. As part of the programme you will be offered: –

  • Covid rehabilitation pack
  • Home visit for:- exercise test/pacing advice
  • Tailored rehab programme including exercise prescription
  • Education & support with symptom management
  • Links to our Breathe website
  • Your Covid Recovery Platform
  • Sign posted to alternative covid recovery links that can be found on this page.

To find out more about these new options please ask one of the Breathe Team.

Covid rehab booklet

Click here and download your free Breathe programme Post covid support booklet.

Local support services

Please click on the button above.

How do I get referred to The Breathe Programme

There are a number of ways to access the programme. One step is to ask your GP to be referred to the breathe programme. You can also ask a health professionals for example your physiotherapist, practice nurse, respiratory nurse or team, consultant or at the chest clinic that you attend.