Cystic Fibrosis

Welcome to the East Midlands Cystic Fibrosis Adult CF Centre at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City Hospital campus (NUH).

NUH is the host for the Regional Cystic Fibrosis Adult service, providing care for patients from across the East Midlands (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire). Dr Jane Dewar is the Lead Consultant and Service Director

We have a team of healthcare professionals that provide inpatient and outpatient care.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases. It affects over 8,500 people in the UK with over two million people in the UK carrying the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis. This is around 1 in 25 of the population.

Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food. Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis. Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis. Around half of the CF population can expect to live over 38 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live even longer.*

• http://www.cftrust.org.uk/

• http://www.thebreathingroom.org/

* Information courtesy of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust