UHD TB service

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Office number: 0300 019 4570/ 6585

Who are we

David Thomas

TB Consultant Nurse

Susie Barrett

TB Specialist Nurse

Our Aim

To provide holistic and non-judgemental care and service regarding the treatment and prevention of TB. To provide expert advice and education to health professionals and the public and support to workers from the statutory and voluntary sectors on all aspects of TB prevention and control.

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People who are more at risk of developing tuberculosis:

Those with previous exposure to tuberculosis
People born overseas or who have lived overseas for more than 3 months (particularly in countries with high TB rates)
Refugees and people seeking asylum
People with a history of homelessness
People with a history of alcohol and /or drug addiction
People who have been imprisoned
People with occupational exposure to high risk groups
People with lowered immune systems

Common Signs and Symptoms of active TB:

Please contact your GP if you are experiencing any of these symptoms for longer than 3 weeks.

Cough with or without producing sputum
Unexplained weight loss
Excessive unexplained tiredness
Reoccurring fevers
Reoccurring drenching night sweats,
Shortness of breath and /or chest pains
Swollen lymph nodes

What should I do if I think I have TB?

If you think you have had recent close and prolonged exposure to a case of pulmonary (lung) TB or you have been experiencing any of the above symptoms for longer than 3 weeks, please contact your GP to discuss this. Your GP may arrange a chest X-Ray, ask you to provide sputum samples or refer you to a specialist team for review.

Support we can offer you:

Consultant and Specialist Nurse Led TB clinic appointments and home visits (due to resource pressures, routine clinic appointments are currently being operated as telephone appointments)
Easy patient access with direct referral to TB Nurses via letter, email or telephone
In hospital and outpatient review
Access to active and latent TB clinical assessment
Active and latent TB diagnosis or onward referral if appropriate
Access to the National TB advisory group for complex cases
Non- medical prescribing for both active and latent Tuberculosis and Non- Tuberculosis Mycobacterium
TB vs regular medicine interaction checks
Symptom and treatment side-effect management
Patient, family, public TB education
Assistance with the diagnosis, treatment and management of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium diseases
Education to healthcare professionals on all aspects of TB control and prevention
TB contact tracing
Large-scale TB incident risk assessment and management
Liaison with UKHSA, NHSE&I, CCG and LA with incident support
New entrant TB screening
Travel TB screening and BCG vaccination for high-risk occupations
BCG vaccination for at risk children ages 1-16
Choice of two hospitals – Poole or Bournemouth
Large community catchment area from Swanage through to New Milton in Hampshire (including Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch), North to Ringwood and across to Wimborne and Blandford
Support with regional and national TB education
A and NHSE&I with development of TB control policy and resources
Research / writing for publication advice / support - Master's degree level clinical and academic research education (MRes)
Advanced Nurse Clinical practice

Patient information and support groups

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection

Information and patient support can be accessed from NTM Patient Care UK. NTM Patient Care UK is a patient association and registered charity that is working to improve the lives of people with non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection in the UK.

Scientific information regarding NTM infection can be accessed through the NTM Network UK.

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