Presenting with stockportcopd for #WorldCOPDDay. Continuing to raise awareness of #pulmonaryrehab as a core component of COPD treatment and showcase the fantastic patient outcomes achieved over the last year. Stockport NHS FT NHS Stockport CCG Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky)

It’s #PulmonaryRehabilitationWeek2023. Today these 3 ladies completed PR, all have improved their clinical outcomes, have grown in confidence & have plans for ongoing exercise with Life Leisure Stockport NHS FT NHS Stockport CCG Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky)

#pulmonaryrehabweek23 Andrew is our first rotational Band 6 Physio. Today he delivered PR education to our new cohort. Patients learned about the benefits of exercise and discussed opportunities for ongoing exercise after PR with Life Leisure Stockport NHS FT Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky) GMEC SCN

#pulmonaryrehabweek2023 Early start for #PR learning British Thoracic Society (BTS) Summer meeting. Reducing barriers to and increasing access to #pulmonaryrehabilitation. @snft Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky) GMEC SCN

#PulmonaryRehabilitationWeek23 we’ve switched to the ISWT for exercising testing at #pulmonaryrehab assessment. Walking speed is now individually prescribed during classes using the ESWT. Improving Rx & a step closer to accreditation

Ding, ding, round 1! One of our PR patients took on Rocky@fitness & health during our class Life Leisure Avondale. Fabulous seeing our patients feeling confident & reliving activities they have enjoyed in the past. Stockport NHS FT Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky) GMEC SCN GM Integrated Care Partnership

Life Leisure COPD rehabilitation class at Brinnington Park with ‘The Rock’ 😁is going from strength to strength! Clients improving their functional fitness, CV Conditioning and socialising too! Some good music played to, in my opinion… Rock. Stockport Pulmonary & Heart Failure Rehab Life Leisure

Well done to the latest Avondale #Pulmonaryrehab cohort. x5 completed today achieving an av 116m increase on their ISWT, one client losing 17kg with support from MoreLifeGMCR. All have plans for ongoing exercise with Life Leisure. FANTASTIC RESULT!

New equipment at our Stockport Homes Woodley venue. Made possible by NHS England funding. We now have 2 static bikes which means patients are no longer limited to with how long they can spend on this activity during their #pulmonaryrehab classes Stockport NHS FT GM Integrated Care Partnership Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky)

Raising awareness for #PulmonaryRehabWeek24 Banners, information boards & leaflet drops in selected GP surgeries in Stockport. For more info on local services visit pulmonaryrehabgm.co.uk Pulmonary Rehab Awareness (pulmonaryrehab@bluesky) Stockport NHS FT GMEC SCN GM Integrated Care Partnership

Today we said fairwell to our fantastic Rotational Band 6 Physio Ellie Roberts and our amazing Service Lead Karen brown. We wish you both every success in your new roles at Stockport NHS FT. We will miss you both enormously 😢 Thank you for everything!

Explain the ability of Pulmonary Rehabilitation PR to free up hospital bed space to your local 👉Hospital beds mangers 👉 Hospital flow managers 👉 Hospital discharge teams 👉 Request funds to surge PR 👉 Hospital corridor care #pulmonaryrehabilitation #pulmonaryrehab

What else to be delivered on a Greater Manchester Summer Refresh study day during #pulmonaryrehabweek25 but a talk on #pulmonaryrehab presented by Marie Gregory Clinical Lead Stockport Pulmonary & Heart Failure Rehab 🫁

“I thought I was just lazy. Turned out I had COPD.” After years of breathlessness and a missed diagnosis, a locum GP sent Dougie for tests. He joined a six-week, physio-led pulmonary rehab course — education plus tailored exercise — and it changed everything. He learned to