The Respiratory services provided by Musgrove Park Hospital are organised from excellent facilities within the Somerset Lung Centre and cover five key strands of work: Outpatient services are delivered via clinics in The Somerset Lung Centre and the surrounding community hospitals; In-patient services are delivered primarily on Coleridge, Portman Wards and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at MPH; a COPD assessment and early discharge service (THREADS) is offered at MPH; comprehensive diagnostic and support services are offered for the full range of lung and breathing disorders via the Lung Laboratory, sleep laboratory and bronchoscopy unit; teaching, audit and research form the final area of activity, for which the Department has a National reputation.