{"id":14,"date":"2023-05-23T11:11:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-05-23T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:22:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7a9f1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7a9f1b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c880378\" data-id=\"c880378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb8d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdb8d8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004-300x239.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-24\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004-1536x1226.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gloucestershirechestfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0004.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c158d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c158d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Chronic lung disease affects 10% of over 75 year olds and 2% of the rest of the population. These figures are on the increase and take no account of those sufferers whose problems have not yet reached chronic level. It is estimated that in Gloucestershire every family will have someone, sometime suffering from chest disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Gloucestershire Chest Fund is a small,&nbsp;locally based, non-profit making medical charity established in 1991 by Mrs Doreen<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Roberts (a lifelong sufferer of chest disease) and two Chest Consultants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The charity\u2019s main objective is to help<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>create centres of excellence for the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>detection, diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases in the county of Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p>The Fund provides equipment and services<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>requested by our Trustee Chest Consultants. These special requests would not normally<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>involve equipment and services provided<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>by the local NHS. To date we have raised and spent nearly \u00a3700,000 including; 12 NIV machines, EBUS ultrasound machine, nebulisers, Plura Videoscope, and NOX sleep study machines. Our current project is to raise \u00a355,000 for a CPET machine to measure lung function prior to surgery; Currently patients have to travel to Bristol for the test.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3201c5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3201c5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-548cc14\" data-id=\"548cc14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic lung disease affects 10% of over 75 year olds and 2% of the rest of the population. These figures are on the increase and take no account of those sufferers whose problems have not yet reached chronic level. It is estimated that in Gloucestershire every family will have someone, sometime suffering from chest disease. 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