About MyLungsMyLife

Special thanks to everyone involved in making My Lungs My Life possible including people living with COPD, asthma and parents who took part in focus groups or individual interviews.

To all of the authors who contributed their time and expertise while still working clinically and to all of the reviewers who checked and commented to make My Lungs My Life user friendly.

To all of the organisations who gave us permission to link to their websites and resources.

Special thanks to staff at Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, Respiratory Managed Clinical Networks Scotland, University of Edinburgh, Scottish Government Clinical Priorities Team, the project steering group and Maureen Carroll for supporting this website development.

Acknowledgements

Steering group

  • Liz Anderson, Lead Respiratory Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Fran Bailey, Project Manager, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dave Bertin, Voices Scotland Trainer, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dr Christine Bucknall, Respiratory Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Dr James Cant, Scotland Director, British Lung Foundation
  • Maureen Carroll, (Chair) CHD & Respiratory Network Manager, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Stewart Cromar, Interactive Content Manager, University of Edinburgh
  • Gill Dennes, Clinical Lead Respiratory MCN Community Practice Nurse, NHS Fife
  • Michelle Duffy, COPD Senior Practitioner / Practice Educator, NHS Highland
  • Dr Ninian Hewitt, General Practitioner NHS Lothian Respiratory, MCN
  • Barry Hope, Paediatric Network Manager, West of Scotland Complex Respiratory Network
  • Andrew Loen, Patient Representative, Glasgow Asthma Support Peers
  • Elaine MacKay, Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Jill McLeod, Lead Respiratory Physiologist NHS Lothian
  • Cheryl McNulty, Healthcare Policy Manager, Clinical Priorities Team, Scottish Government
  • Dr James Paton, Respiratory Consultant Paediatrics, West of Scotland Complex Respiratory Network
  • Lynn Reid, Head of Education Programmes, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Margaret Somerville, Director of Advice & Support, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Gillian Toole, Respiratory Physiologist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Paul Towning, Patient Representative

Authors


COPD

  • Lesley Allen, Smoking Cessation Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Elizabeth Anderson, Respiratory Team Lead, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Fran Bailey, Project Manager, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dr Christine Bucknall, Respiratory Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Marion Campbell, Practice Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Michelle Duffy, Senior Practitioner/Practice Educator, NHS Highland
  • Linda Gray, Pulmonary Physiotherapist, NHS Borders
  • Dr Ninian Hewitt, General Practitioner/Lothian Respiratory MCN, NHS Lothian
  • Joanne Johnston, Senior Physiologist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Dr Emily Kennedy, Pharmacist, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Louise Mason, Occupational Therapist, NHS Lothian
  • Carol Nixon, Lead Nurse Self Management COPD & Diabetes, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Grainne O’Brien, Specialist Psychology Practitioner, NHS Lothian
  • Lorna Stevenson, Respiratory Coordinator, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Jaclyn Young, Dietician, NHS Lanarkshire

Asthma

  • Dave Bertin, Voices Scotland Trainer, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dr Tracey Bradshaw, Consultant, NHS Lothian
  • Kim Bracher, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian
  • Helen Coles, Respiratory Nurse, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Gill Dennes, Community Practice Nurse NHS/Clinical Lead, Fife Respiratory MCN, NHS Fife
  • Elaine McKay, Senior Pulmonary Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Victoria McKinnon, Prescribing Advisor, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Phyllis Murphy, Lead Clinician Respiratory MCN, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Jo Pentland, Specialist Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian
  • Gillian Toole, Respiratory Physiologist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Sandra Watson, Respiratory Nurse Specialist Asthma, NHS Lanarkshire

Parents of children with asthma

  • Elaine Anderson, Paediatric respiratory Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Caroline King, Head of Physiology Service, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Dr Jonathan McCormick, Paediatric Consultant, NHS Tayside
  • Lyndsay McAulay, Senior Pharmacist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Richard MacPhee, Paediatric Physiotherapy Specialist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Dr James Paton, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Kath Sharpe, Paediatric Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Julie Westwood, Paediatric Asthma Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian

List of contributors and reviewers

  • Lesley Allen, Smoking Cessation Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Elaine Anderson, Paediatric Respiratory, Nurse NHS Lanarkshire
  • Liz Anderson, Lead Respiratory Nurse specialist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Ruth Ashwood, Physiotherapist, NHS Forth Valley
  • Fran Bailey, Project Manager, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dave Bertin, Voices Scotland Trainer, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Kim Bracher, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian
  • Dr Tracey Bradshaw, Consultant, NHS Lothian
  • Colette Brown, Patient Representative
  • Dr Christine Bucknall, Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Marion Campbell, Practice Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Maureen Carroll, CHD & Respiratory Network Manager, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Dr James Cant, Director, British Lung Foundation Scotland
  • Caroline Cochrane, Clinical Psychologist, NHS Lothian
  • Helen Coles, Respiratory Nurse, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Stephen Cruikshank, Patient Representative
  • Gill Dennes, Community Practice Nurse and Lead Respiratory MCN, NHS Fife
  • Pauline Dick, Patient/ User Representative
  • Michelle Duffy, Senior Nurse Practitioner/ Practice Educator, NHS Highland
  • Alasdair Garrett, Patient Representative
  • Fiona Garrett, Patient Representative
  • Linda Gray, Physiotherapist Pulmonary Rehabilitation, NHS Borders
  • Laura Groom, Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian
  • Rebecca Hay, Advice Line Nurse, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dr Ninian Hewitt, General Practitioner/Lothian Respiratory MCN, NHS Lothian
  • Barry Hope, Paediatric Network Manager, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Susan Inch, Advice Line Nurse, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Jan Irving, Parent Representative
  • Joanne Johnston, Senior Physiologist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Pauline Kelly, Renfrewshire Carers
  • Dr Emily Kennedy, Pharmacist, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Caroline King, Head of Physiology, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Dr Sally Lawton, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, NHS Grampian
  • Andrew Loen, Patient Representative, West of Scotland Glasgow Asthma Support Peers
  • Louise Mason, Senior Occupational Therapist, NHS Lothian
  • Phyllis Murphy, Lead Clinician Respiratory MCN, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
  • Elaine MacKay, Senior Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Richard MacPhee, Paediatric Physiotherapist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Lynsay McAuley, Senior paediatric Pharmacist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Dr Jonathan McCormick, Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Tayside
  • Bernard McGuckin, Patient Representative
  • Victoria McKinnon, Prescribing Advisor, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Jill McLeod, Lead Respiratory Physiologist, NHS Lothian
  • Ann McMurray, Asthma Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian
  • Carol Nixon, Lead Nurse Self Management for COPD & Diabetes, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Grainne O’Brien, Specialist Psychology Practitioner, NHS Lothian
  • Dr James Paton, Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Jo Pentland, Specialist Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian
  • Lynn Reid, Head of Educational Programmes, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Jennifer Ritchie, Lead Advice Line Nurse, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Dr Nicola Roberts, Research Fellow Complex Interventions, Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Kath Sharp, Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Margaret Somerville, Director Advice & Support, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Lorna Stevenson, Respiratory Coordinator, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Stephanie Stephenson, Patient Representative
  • Lorna Stewart, Specialist Practitioner Community Nurse Palliative Care, NHS Fife
  • Elaine Tait, Patient Representative
  • Gillian Toole, Respiratory Physiologist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Marjory Tough, Patient Representative
  • Paul Towning, Patient Representative
  • Sandra Watson, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Julie Westwood, Asthma Nurse Specialist, NHS Lothian
  • Lizzy Weir, Paediatric Specialist Nurse, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Duncan Wiseman, Patient Representative
  • Joy Wilson, Advice Line Nurse, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Jaclyn Young Dietician, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Maggie Young, Patient Representative

Special thanks to:

  • Maureen Carroll, CHD and Respiratory Network Manager, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Barry Hope, MCN Coordinator, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
  • Lynn Reid, Head of Education Programmes, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • Margaret Somerville, Director of Advice & Support, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Technical development

  • Jackie Aim, Digital UX Designer/Developer, Web, Graphics and Interaction (WGI), Division of Learning, Teaching & Web (LTW), University of Edinburgh
  • Stuart Brett, Digital UX Designer/Developer, Web, Graphics and Interaction (WGI), Division of Learning, University of Edinburgh
  • Stewart Cromar, Interactive Content Manager, Web, Graphics and Interaction (WGI), Division of Learning, University of Edinburgh
  • Lynne Robertson, Digital UX Designer/Developer, Web, Graphics and Interaction (WGI), Division of Learning, University of Edinburgh
  • Ross Ward, Digital Education Advisor, Education Design and Engagement (EDE), Division of Learning, University of Edinburgh

Photography, video and audio

  • Liz Anderson, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • John Archer, Ambient Productions, Edinburgh
  • Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
  • Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • 24 Hour Fitness & Dr Mike Evans
  • Dr Jonathan McCormick, Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Tayside
  • Medicines for children
  • NHS Photo Library
  • NHS Scotland Photo Library
  • Louise Mason, Occupational Therapist NHS Lothian
  • Grainne O’Brien, Specialist Psychology Practitioner, NHS Lothian
  • Stephen Palmer, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • Parsons Green Primary School P7 class. Edinburgh
  • Lorna Stevenson, Respiratory Coordinator, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
  • The Cheyne Gang COPD Choir Edinburgh
  • Itchy, Sneezy, Wheezy
  • The University of Edinburgh – YouTube subtitling workshops 26/27 February 2015
    • Bruce Darby, Richard Easton, Gayle Fitzpatrick, Susie Greig, Michelle Hart, Karen Howie, Joanne Ingram, Kacper Lyszkiewicz, Sheila Mackenzie, Brian Mather, Rachel O’Neill, Irene Purcell, Ruby Rennie
  • Maureen Watt MSP Minister for Public Health
  • Cat Young, NHS Lothian