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Consultant cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital Professor Martin Cowie has been appointed to the European Commission’s working group on m-health. The aim of the group is to develop guidelines on the use of mobile apps in healthcare.

A petite woman with cystic fibrosis has received a life-saving double lung transplant after highly-skilled surgeons at Harefield Hospital combined their expertise to use a pioneering technique to safely ‘downsize’ a pair of donor lungs.

Trust consultants who specialise in respiratory problems in children have suggested that asthma in children is often misdiagnosed, potentially leading to unnecessary side effects for young patients who may be using steroid inhalers when they don’t need to.

Experts from the respiratory division at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust have recently collaborated with international clinical teams in Iran and Russia to share knowledge and improve health outcomes for patients in the regions.