Dr Jonathan Dakin
Qualifications
MD, FRCP, BSc
GMC number: 3682913
Practising since: 1992
Specialties
Respiratory Medicine, General (internal) Medicine
Consultation times
- Fortnightly Tuesday from 16:00
- Fortnightly Wednesday from 09:30
- Overview
About
Dr Dakin is a Consultant Respiratory Physician based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
He trained in Respiratory 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.
Dr Dakin is also trained and experienced in Sleep Medicine and holds accreditation with the European Sleep Research Society as an expert Somnologist.
Initially appointed to a consultant post at Queen Alexandra Hospital, he moved to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in 2015 to be nearer to his family home in Farnham.
Dr Dakin sees patients with all aspects of Respiratory disease, including asthma, lung cancer, respiratory infection, persistent cough, tuberculosis, COPD (chronic bronchitis / emphysema), interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis.
Subspecialty areas of interest include interstitial lung disease / pulmonary fibrosis and Sleep medicine.
Dr Dakin has two young children and is married to an Anaesthetist. At weekends he enjoys sailing a Laser dinghy (very badly) at a local sailing club, where he is the secretary.
Treatments and tests offered by Dr Jonathan Dakin at Nuffield Health
- Pulmonary function test
- Sleep study and investigations
- Respiratory virus screen
Locations Dr Jonathan Dakin works with
Related experience
Memberships
- British Thoracic Society
- American Thoracic Society
- European Respiratory Society
- British Sleep Society
- European Sleep Research Society
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Other posts held
- Consultant Respiratory and General Physician at Royal Surrey County Hospital
Insurers Dr Jonathan Dakin works with
Dr Jonathan Dakin works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- APRIL
- Aviva Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- AXA Health
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa On Demand
- Cigna
- CS Healthcare
- ESMI
- Exeter Family Friendly
- Freedom Health
- Health-on-Line
- Medical Care Direct
- PHC
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
Declaration
Dr Jonathan Dakin does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Dr Jonathan Dakin has the following interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital:
Dr Jonathan Dakin owns and maintains the Diffustik lung function measurement equipment and Bodystik full body plethysmography equipment. Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital is charged a market rate fee for each patient episode. He also owns and maintains the Bedfont NObreath (Fractional Exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) analyser), SOMNOtouch RESP multi-channel respiratory sleep recorders and the Easy-on-PC spirometer.
Dr Jonathan Dakin does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.