The Eastbrooke Family Clinic Belmont Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program.

The Eastbrooke Family Clinic Belmont, in conjunction with GMHBA Health Insurance, have developed a best practice pulmonary rehabilitation program that focuses on airway disease treatment in the GP setting.

Pulmonary rehabilitation is for people with chronic airway disease, emphysema, chronic asthma and bronchitis. The program involves a multidisciplinary approach with a doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, dietitian, psychologist and pharmacist, providing a program of assessment, education, therapy and management planning.

GMHBA is an Australian not-for-profit health fund.

The program is an 8 week course with weekly 2 hour sessions at the Eastbrooke Family Clinic Belmont in Victoria.

Belmont Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team

• Anne Linklater – Senior nurse and program coordinator
• Dr Robert Ward – General Practitioner
• Travis McCoombe – Physiotherapist
• Stephen Spencer – Pharmacy
• Anne Buso – Dietitian
• Stephen Rendall – Clinical Psychologist