This Clinic is conducted by our respiratory physicians and respiratory nurses, seeing patients 18+ with breathing difficulties caused by such things as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and a variety of other lung conditions.

The clinic can perform more specialised lung function testing and comprehensive respiratory assessment – spirometry, DLCO, Lung volumes & FENO – and patient education.

You will need a referral letter from your GP or medical specialist to access this service.

All referrals must include medications list, medical history and recent test results.

Your doctor will need to fax, or send your referral electronically, or you can bring it into the clinic. When your referral is received it will be reviewed by the consulting team and categorised based on clinical urgency.

You will then be notified of your clinical urgency category and expected wait time for your appointment.

The demand on the Respiratory Medicine Clinic is high, consequently, waiting times for this clinic can be quite lengthy.

While every attempt will be made to provide you with the earliest possible appointment, the most urgent patients are given priority

• Your Medicare card
• A list of medications you are currently taking including herbal supplements and vitamins
• Any relevant test results or x-ray results
• Any relevant cards (Medicare, Health Care Card, Aged Pension, DVA)

Our Specialist Clinics is located in Echuca Regional Health, Building E, 25 Francis Street Echuca.

There is 2-hour parking on-street parking in Francis St and Leichardt St. Clearly signed disabled parking is also available.

A text message reminder will be sent to your mobile the day prior to your appointment.

Please present to main reception desk on arrival to let staff know you have arrived.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your appointment, please contact reception on 03 5485 5864.

This clinic is a public funded out-patients clinic – there is no out of pocket fee for this clinic.