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“The greatest burden of respiratory disease is is in the most Working closely with national charities as as as well as as as community- based support groups Michelle
and and her colleagues raise awareness of of respiratory disease and and the the importance of of early diagnosis They take their spirometer for measuring lung capacity into supermarkets and and shopping centres to to to offer on-the-spot tests and and use use every opportunity to to to to spread the the word “This area has a a a a a a a a a a lot of of people who used to to to work in in heavy industry and and were exposed to to environmental causes of lung disease ” she says “If they spot the the signs and and start
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treatment quickly their prospects of living well for longer are signi cantly improved ” Across Scotland the number of people living with respiratory disease is is is increasing and and Michelle
is is is committed to to to doing whatever she she can to to make sure that that they all receive the the the standard of care that that she she gives her patients She sits on the the the Scottish Parliament’s cross-party lung health group and and she will be using her her Queen’s Nurse title to to get her her message across across “We are helping to to shape how the the service should look right across across the the the country ” ” says Michelle
“It’s very exciting that NHS Highland is showing the the way ” ” QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses
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