We are a nationally designated Pulmonary Hypertension Centre. The Sheffield PVDU is one of the largest pulmonary hypertension treatment centres in Europe with a referral population of approximately 20 million. Patients travel from all over the Midlands, Northwest, Yorkshire & Humber and North Wales to access the specialist services available in Sheffield.
Specialist care is provided by a large team including 10 consultants (including a consultant nurse and pharmacist respectively), specialist nurses and a specialist pharmacy team, along with a multi-professional group of dedicated staff on our fully integrated unit. We currently prescribe specific treatments for over 2000 patients with all types of pulmonary hypertension and recruit patients for clinical trials exploring new treatments.
We run shared care services with regional adult congenital heart disease centres (Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester and the North West (Manchester/Liverpool) respectively.
Our activity and performance is published in the national audit - click here to view
For patients and carers: please see the PHA UK charity website for information
You can learn about diagnosis and available treatments here and how to get involved in patient groups.
Patients in whom pulmonary hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is suspected on the basis of history and echocardiography should be referred promptly for further assessment. We are happy to review patients with pulmonary hypertension where there is diagnostic doubt regarding the form of pulmonary hypertension. We may in some circumstances initially review imaging before deciding whether or not to review the patient physically.
Please use the referral checklist when submitting your outpatient referral.
We prefer referral requests to be sent via email to sht-tr.PVDU@nhs.net. Please do not duplicate the referral via posted mail.
For inpatient referrals please contact the medical team below (we are in the process of setting up an online referral portal)
Admin team for referrals: 0114 27 13940
Secretarial office: 0114 271 2132 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Ward M2 PVDU: 0114 2712279
Pharmacy issues: 0114 271 3259
Clinical Nurse Specialists: 07920 150 099
A member of medical staff is always available to discuss patients;
Please ring the Royal Hallamshire Hospital switchboard 0114 271 1900 and ask for:
Prof. David Kiely - Consultant Respiratory Physician and Director.
Dr Charlie Elliot - Consultant Respiratory Physician.
Prof. Robin Condliffe - Consultant Respiratory Physician.
Dr Athanasios Charalampopoulos - Consultant Cardiologist.
Dr Abdul Hameed - Consultant Cardiologist.
Dr Roger Thompson - Consultant Respiratory Physician/academic.
Dr Judith Hurdman - Consultant Respiratory Physician.
Prof. Alex Rothman - Consultant Cardiologist / academic
