01483 207297
07495 261587
info@guildfordrespiratory.co.uk
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital, Stirling Road, Guildford GU2 7RF
No GP referral needed
“Dr Dakin aims to provide a gold standard of care for all respiratory patients.”
Dr Dakin trained in Respiratory and Critical Care medicine in London, gaining a research fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital where he completed an MD doctoral degree within the National Heart and Lung Institute of Imperial College. He is also trained and experienced in Sleep Medicine, holding accreditation with the European Sleep Research Society as a Somnologist.
Dr Dakin has exceptionally wide experience within Respiratory Medicine, having managed various specialist clinics including pulmonary infection, fibrosis / interstitial lung disease, home ventilatory support and Sleep Medicine.
A large part of Dr Dakin’s current practice is dealing with persistent cough and shortness of breath, particularly asthma. He has co-authored a textbook for investigation of breathlessness, Making Sense of Lung Function Tests, now in its second edition.
He sees patients with all aspects of Respiratory disease, including asthma, respiratory infection, persistent cough, tuberculosis, COPD (chronic bronchitis / emphysema), interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension. Dr Dakin is a member of the lung cancer team at the Royal Surrey County Hospital.
Dr Dakin aims to provide a gold standard of care for all respiratory patients. He has a close team of high-calibre professionals, including Physiotherapists, a specialist nurse and Physiologists, who support his practice. Where niche opinions are required for certain subspecialty areas, Dr Dakin has a low threshold for referral to national and international experts, of which he has an excellent network.
Initially appointed to a Consultant post at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, he became Clinical Director of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, before moving to a Consultant post at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in 2015, to be nearer to his family home in Farnham.
Dr Dakin has been a Consultant for 24 years and has exceptionally wide experience within the field of Respiratory Medicine, having set up, developed and managed various subspecialist services within the NHS. A large part of his current practice is dealing with coughs and shortness of breath, particularly asthma. A résumé of previous and current experience is given below.
Dr Dakin established and developed a home ventilation service at Queen Alexandra Hospital for people who require overnight ventilatory support. This service looks after 200 people who require various levels of support, from straightforward to highly complex including home tracheostomy ventilation and management.
For seven years, Dr Dakin established and led a comprehensive Sleep Service in Portsmouth dealing with all aspects of Sleep medicine including sleep apnoea, narcolepsy, parasomnias and disorders of sleep phase.
For several years, Dr Dakin ran a specialised infection clinic, looking after more than 200 people with recurrent respiratory infection, including those with bronchiectasis and / or immune deficiency. Attending the clinic were many people with complex and unusual infections, including fungal disease and other atypical organisms.
In Portsmouth Dr Dakin ran and developed a specialised clinic looking after 500 people with interstitial lung disease, which can progress to scarring of the lung or “pulmonary fibrosis”. These conditions include sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung disease related to occupational exposure eg asbestosis, or allergy such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Although Dr Dakin has now moved on from Portsmouth, he maintains a keen interest in these conditions.
Dr Dakin has an interest in the investigation of people who are short of breath, and has co-authored an award-winning textbook on this subject, Making Sense of Lung Function Tests, now in its second edition.
The lung function labDr Dakin has two children and is married to an Anaesthetist. At weekends he enjoys sailing a Laser dinghy (very badly) at a local sailing club, where he has previously been the secretary.
Call or email Dr Dakin’s secretaries, Ros or Lisa, who will be able to help and advise.
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