It is Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Week (19-23 June 2023).  Pulmonary Rehabilitation is provided by Respiratory services across mid and south Essex. There are many benefits to Pulmonary Rehabilitation; it can reduce the time people spend in hospital and improve the breathing and wellbeing of people with lung disease.

PR gives people with lung illness knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their own health care and provides the opportunity to address the physical, emotional and mental difficulties that patients face due to lung illness.  

PR exercise & education is a wonderful way of becoming more active in a supportive environment and peers can socialize with each other & break the social isolation that often comes with lung illness.   Exercise and education for lung illness offers a new lease of life for people with lung disease.

Over 1 million hospital bed days per year are taken up by lung patients (NHS England)2017, PR can ease the pressure on hospitals all year round not just in the winter.  

If you are a resident living in mid and south Essex and you wish to know more about being referred to Pulmonary Rehabilitation, please speak to your GP, or you can find out more by accessing the service here: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service