Athletes need to prove they have a clinical need to use an inhaler containing formoterol or terbutaline.
Those athletes who are unable to obtain a lung function test with their prescribing medical practitioner to meet the requirements for obtaining an asthma TUE, can contact one of the below listed specialist screening centres. Athletes are also encouraged to contact their National Governing Body for further assistance.
England
Location: Brunel University
Contact 1: Dr Pascale Kippelen
Contact 2: Professor Alison McConnell
Phone: 01895 267649
Email: asthma.screening@brunel.ac.uk
Location: Hinchingbrooke Hospital Treatment Centre, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Contact: Kelly Backler – Lead Respiratory Physiologist
Phone: 01480 428989
Email: Kelly.backler@hinchingbrooke.nhs.uk
Location: James Cook University Hospital , Middlesbrough , Teesside
Contact: Dr Patrick D Dissmann
Phone: 07764 853676
Email: DoctorDissmann@aol.com
Location: Leeds Metropolitan University
Contact: Dr John Dickinson
Phone: 07912 038415
Leeds Met Phone: 01138 129393
Email: john.dickinson@rocketmail.com
Location: Loughborough University
Contact: Dr Martin Lindley
Email: M.R.Lindley@lboro.ac.uk
Location: Northumbria University
Contact: Dr Les Ansley
Website: www.sportasthma.co.uk
Phone: 07999 418 119
Email: les.ansley@sportasthma.co.uk
Location: Queen Anne Street Medical Centre, 18-22 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 8HU
Contact: Andy Eaton
Phone: 020 7034 3301
Email: andy.eaton@qasmc.com
Location: Wimbledon Clinics, The Lodge, Parkside Hospital, London, SW19 5NX
Contact: Dr Les Ansley
Website: www.sportasthma.co.uk
Phone: 07999 418 119
Email: les.ansley@sportasthma.co.uk
Ireland
Location: Regency Medical Centre, 2a Frederick Street, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
Contact: Dr Michael Webb
Phone:07599 323483
Email: webbm@doctors.org.uk
Scotland
Location: Dundee University (Facilities in both Dundee & Perth )
Contact: Professor Brian Lipworth (Asthma & Allergy Research Group)
Phone: 01382 496 440
Email: respiratoryfellows@dundee.ac.uk
Location: Hawkhill Medical Centre, 215 Hawkhill, Dundee, DD1 5LA
Contact: Dr Alan Dawson
Phone: 07966 300983
Email: alanjdawson@sky.com
Location: Sportsactive, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Contact: Liz Flynn
Phone: 0131 451 8440
Email: sportsactivetrc@hw.ac.uk
Wales
