Our Respiratory Hubs

Please refrain from taking inhaled medications prior to testing. You will be sent a pre-appointment document that outlines how long to withhold these medications.

Please ensure you wear comfortable, non-restrictive clothing.

Additionally, do not:

• Smoke, vape or consume alcohol within 8 hours of your appointment.
• Perform vigorous exercise within 1 hour of your appointment.
• Eat or drink within 1 hour of your appointment (drinking water is fine).
• Consume nitrate-rich foods, such as green leafy vegetables (e.g. celery, leek, beetroot, lettuce and spinach), for three hours prior to the appointment.

Please contact our team if you have any questions before your appointment.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment time to complete pre-appointment paperwork.

Please bring your valid Medicare card, Ventolin (if prescribed) and spacer (if you have one).

Respiratory Care WA requires 48 hours’ notice of cancellation. This timeframe allows us to offer the appointment to another patient on our waitlist.

Late cancellations do not incur a fee however, late rescheduling and failure to attend will mean you will be moved to the end of the waitlist.

If you have a fever, shortness of breath, viral cough or are in COVID-19 isolation, please do not attend the appointment and call 08 9289 3600.

Yes, our West Perth Respiratory Hub and Head Office has wheel-chair accessible entrance, seating and gender-neutral toilets.

Bus: Our West Perth Hub is located a 1-minute walk from the Ord Street Bus Stop (Stop ID: 17509).

Train: The closest train station is the City West Train Station, which is an 18-minute walk.

Please visit the Transperth website for up-to-date information.

Respiratory Care WA offers telehealth sessions via phone or video with a respiratory health educator to help support you on how to best manage your condition.

Respiratory Care WA has respiratory clinic locations across Perth and the South-West for both paediatric and adult consumers.

You will meet with a trained Respiratory Educator or Scientist. 

You will sit in a chair and a soft clip will be placed on your nose. This is so that all breathing occurs through the mouth, not the nose. 

You will be provided with a disposable mouthpiece that is attached to a spirometer. 

You will form a tight seal over the mouthpiece with your mouth, then the Respiratory Educator/Scientist will instruct you to inhale and exhale in different ways. 

You will be monitored closely during the test for any difficulties breathing. 

Children’s Respiratory Hub:

Following your appointment, we will:

• Contact you in 2 weeks’ time via telephone
• Contact you in 3 months’ time via telephone
• Lung Function Test reporting and results will be sent to your GP

Adult’s Respiratory Hub:

Following your appointment, we will:

• Contact you in 4 weeks’ time via telephone
• Contact you in 3 months’ time via telephone, if needed
• Lung Function Test reporting and results will be sent to your GP

Yes, all diagnosis results and education summaries are shared with our patient’s primary health professional.

If your child becomes unwell:

• Call HealthDirect on 1800 022 222, or
• Make a GP appointment, or
• Present to Urgent Care, or
• Present to emergency department

Our specialist will provide you with prescriptions for medication, should you require new prescriptions, please see your GP.

Respiratory Care WA is not an emergency clinical service, if you have questions, please contact us on 9289 3600

If it is an emergency, call 000.