Working Life: I am fortunate to work with a proactive and extremely capable team

Dr Desmond Murphy, consultant respiratory physician, Cork University Hospital (CUH) and national clinical lead for respiratory medicine

Dr Desmond Murphy, clinical lead for the National Clinical Programme for Respiratory, based at Cork University Hospital. Picture: Larry Cummins

7am

After grabbing a coffee, I make the kids’ lunches while my wife Sarah gets the three of them ready for school. I make a few quick phone calls and get into CUH around 8am where I respond to emails. It’s very busy with the National Programme in Respiratory at the moment, we have just launched a new video-based pulmonary rehabilitation education support programme that’s available online for COPD and asthma patients at HSE.ie.