Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service – Referral form
In order to avoid delays please complete form as fully as possible
Address:
NHS Number:
Name:
DOB:
Gender:
Smoking Status:
Yes / No / Ex / Passive
State Respiratory Diagnosis:
……………………………….
MRC Dyspnoea Scale:………..
Usual walking tolerance at own
pace (metres):
Telephone number:
Post Code:
Latest readings with date:
BP:
Heart Rate:
Rhythm:
Height:
Weight:
BMI:
Resting SpO2: ……on air
Transport required: Y / N
See the criteria for Patient
Transport Service (page 2)
Spirometry Date:
FEV1 ………(………% pred)
FVC ………(………% pred)
FEV1/FVC ratio ………....%
Oxygen use:
Y/N
If Yes to above
Flow rate…………
Hours per day………….
Resting SpO2: ……….. on O2
Language/communication
requirements (Please specify):
Previous Medical History, and any other relevant information:
Current medication (please attach summary and medication list if available and where possible please
highlight respiratory medication)
In last 12 months, approximate number ofHospital respiratory admissions:…….
Antibiotic courses ……….
Oral steroid courses ………
If patient had any recent ECG/ECHO please state- Y / N
(If Yes please attach recent investigation reports)
Please attach if any recent /pending investigations/ e.g. CXR /CT Chest/relevant Blood tests- Hb,
BNP, TFT, Plasma Theophylline etc.
(If tests are available on ICE / Medway system at acute hospital or attached in above past medical summary no need
to complete this section, otherwise please do so).
Social circumstances:
I am aware of the inclusion and exclusion criteria and confirm the
patient is currently medically stable, motivated, suitable to exercise,
and agrees to share their GP records.
Referrers signature:
Print Name:
Designation:
Contact details:
Date:
GP Practice details
Please Fax referral form to 01246 565053 or Email: DCHST.Respiratory@nhs.net
Or post to: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service, Community Respiratory Team,
St Mary’s Court, St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield, S41 7TD.
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INCLUSION CRITERIA
 Confirmed chronic respiratory disease is the primary diagnosis (COPD/Non CF Bronchiectasis/ILD)
 On optimum drug treatment
 In the event of a recent admission, the patient’s medical condition is sufficiently stable to attend and
participate in rehab sessions (to be confirmed on assessment by Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Specialist Team)
 The patient is functionally limited either by breathlessness or fatigue. MRC Dyspnoea scale 3 or
more.
 To be able to walk a minimum of 10 metres with or without a walking aid.
 Motivated to attend Pulmonary Rehabilitation and suitable for group work
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
 De-motivated/lack of compliance
 Mental or physical impairment with inability to exercise e.g. dementia, severe musculoskeletal or
neurological problems which limit mobility, falls
 Any serious cardiac event in the last 6 weeks
 Other cardiac pathology including: unstable angina, acute LVF, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias,
uncontrolled hypertension (either ≥ 180 systolic or ≥ 100 diastolic mmHg). Severe symptomatic
stenosis: aortic, left main coronary or stenotic valvular heart disease. Symptomatic heart failure.
Suspected or known aneurysm, Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Active or suspected
myocarditis or pericarditis
If the patient is undergoing investigations or is under the care of a cardiologist, permission needs to
be sought directly from the specialist as to whether the patient is suitable to attend Pulmonary
Rehabilitation
 H/o of Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with unstable BP
 Patient should not have attended a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme within the last two years.
However patients can be re-referred within 2 years if their clinical condition deteriorated due to
repeated exacerbations or if additional benefits on a shorter timescale would be clinically valuable
(for eg. Preoperative Lung Transplantation).
 It is unlikely that if the patient completed the pulmonary rehabilitation course originally and failed to
gain a benefit, that they would benefit a second time round; unless circumstances such as an
exacerbation/health issues interrupted the initial programme
 Active cancer undergoing acute treatment
 Uncontrolled metabolic disease
 Febrile illness, chronic infectious diseases
 Recent systemic or pulmonary embolism or thrombophlebitis
CONTENT
The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme runs twice weekly, for 6 consecutive weeks. Each session is 2
hours long. The course involves supervised exercise and education sessions to aid self-management,
relevant to chronic respiratory condition. The Patient will also be given an exercise programme to be
continued independently at home.
There is an expectation that the patient will attend every session and follow a daily home exercise plan in
order to gain maximum benefit from the course.
Please inform the patient of the outline of the course
Patient Transport Service (PTS) Criteria:
 Clinically stated medical need that prevents patient using private or public transport, and no
relatives or family members available/able to support patient to the appointments
 Have a diagnosed disability (physical and or psychological) which makes them medically unfit to
travel by any other means, and who have no alternative method of travelling to or from the
hospital/clinic
(Escort will be provided by transport staff for the patient’s medical condition that he/she requires
constant supervision for safety).
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