Rachel Daly
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Rachel Daly is the Lead Nurse Specialist in the Manchester Airways service at the Northwest Lung Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Rachel manages patients with Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction, complex breathlessness and difficult to control asthma. Prior to this she was a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the tertiary Severe Asthma Service for over 8 years. Both services are nationally leading respiratory centres. In her current role she manages a team of allied health professionals and has an active role in teaching, education, and research. Rachel facilitates nurse led specialist clinics treating patients with complex respiratory conditions and has written guidelines and treatment pathways to help standardise and deliver best practice and expert care.
In 2015 Rachel won the Nursing Times Award (respiratory category) for her ground-breaking patient support group for individuals with severe asthma. Furthermore, Rachel had again won the Nursing Times Award (respiratory category) for 2021 showcasing the importance of treating rhinitis in patients with refractory breathlessness and has also published articles and co-authored in various journals.
Rachel is a non-medical nurse prescriber and has a BA Hons in Respiratory care and has completed a National institute for Health and Care research (NIHR) Early career research programme. She has attended numerous national conferences presenting her work. Rachel is currently the only complex breathlessness specialist nurse and is leading the way in this field. She is an active member of the Northwest Severe Asthma Network and first ever elected nurse member within the British Thoracic Society ( BTS) Specialist Advisory Group for Bronchiectasis. Prior to this she was an elect member of the BTS Standards of Care Committee for 4 years. Rachel has recently presented on the first ever nursing track at the World bronchiectasis conference of 2024 held in Dundee.
Rachel is extremely passionate about improving patient care through collaboration, education, and research.
