Helen has been at Whaddon since 2023. After qualifying from the university of Birmingham, she worked as a staff nurse and junior sister on a respiratory ward at Selly Oak Birmingham. Pursuing her respiratory interest, she worked for 8years as a respiratory nurse specialist for Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust. More recently she has worked as a practice nurse before joining the AIRs team at Whaddon, where she hopes to complete her nurse prescribing course. 

Vicki has worked at Whaddon Healthcare since 2018. She is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and an independent prescriber. Vicki’s role is varied but currently her main focus is Home Oxygen due to her nursing background is respiratory.

Ruth Thomas is the Lead Respiratory Nurse Specialist in AIRS. Prior to this she led pulmonary rehabilitation and worked for many years as a practice nurse. She runs a local respiratory interest group affiliated to PCRS-UK and has also developed training on behalf of the International primary Care Respiratory Group as well as Education for Health. She was on the editorial board for the PCRU journal, pulmonary rehabilitation lead for Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, sat on British Thoracic Society pulmonary rehab guidelines update and NHS England pulmonary rehab steering group, as well as having had a voluntary role as British Lung Foundation nurse.

Ruth has been involved in many local respiratory projects. She is also interested in functional breathing and is a Buteyko Breathing Practitioner as well as being on the committee for the Buteyko Breathing Association.