Sue Batty
Sue Batty
qualified as a physiotherapist in 2001 from Sheffield Hallam University
and worked for 2 years in a district general hospital in
Ilford, Essex before moving back to Sheffield for a senior post in
respiratory medicine in 2003 at The Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
Sue is involved in chronic respiratory patients within the hospital, working
with the respiratory out-patient service at the RHH, treating a wide
range of problems from COPD, HVS, Interstitial lung disease etc.
Treatments consist of advice and education on disease; breathing
re-education; sputum clearance techniques; implementing some respiratory
muscle training and; psychotherapeutic approach to treatments.
She has participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation CoHoRT study with Dr
Lawson comparing community to hospital based pulmonary rehabilitation.
As the study also involves follow up appointments there are no results
available at present. The skills that she developed during the pulmonary
rehabilitation have been utilised with my respiratory out-patients, in
individual sessions in the gym.
Sue is the senior cover the respiratory medicine wards at RHH (M2, Q1, Q2)
working closely with the MDT to encourage treatment of acute conditions
and safe and effective discharge from hospital.
She is involved in the teachings of colleagues on the physiotherapy
respiratory on-call training, and during rotational teaching sessions
for members of the team. She has also been actively involved in the
introduction of the ‘Cough Assist Machine’ for patient treatments and
training staff for on-call situations.
Sue is a member of the ACPRC (Association of chartered Physiotherapists
with an interest in Respiratory Care) keeping me up-to date with current
trends and treatments with a physiotherapy bias. She is also a member of
Sheffield Respiratory Sub-Group which involves physiotherapist across
the city to meet on a regular basis and develop the quality of care
across Sheffield by sharing methods of good practice.
She is due to start a master’s module in ‘Chronic Lung Disease’ at Sheffield
Hallam University in Jan 2007. |
