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Hospital at Home
Last updated on Monday, April 9, 2018
The Children’s Hospital at Home Team consists of a group of experienced Children’s Nurses providing acute nursing care in the child’s home. The service is intended for children who could be nursed at home for all or part of their illness. Following admission to hospital, children who require furt...
read moreRenal Services at The Countess of Chester Hospital
Last updated on Friday, December 29, 2017
The Chester Dialysis Unit is situated on the Countess of Chester Hospital site. The renal unit at the Countess was opened in January 2006. It is part of a renal outpatient department that includes home therapies, outpatient clinics and an intravenous iron programme. The unit has 17 stations for...
read moreFeeding premature babies
Last updated on Friday, August 16, 2024
The FEED1 study is a feeding study comparing gradual milk feeds with intravenous fluids (fluids added to veins) / parental nutrition (special food fluids added to veins) vs full milk feeds initiated in the first 24 hours after birth to compare if giving full feeds reduces the length of stay...
read morePharmacy Service
Last updated on Friday, August 16, 2019
At WUTH, our award-winning pharmacy team ensure that patients cared for in our hospitals have safe and effective medicines available to them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have a strong team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, assistant technical officers and administrative staff to support...
read moreAnaemia
Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020
Anaemia happens when the number of healthy red blood cells in your body is too low. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all of the body’s tissues, so a low red blood cell count indicates that the amount of oxygen in your blood is lower than it should be. Anaemia can be due to many causes but a commo...
read moreSedation
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Intravenous sedation is the most common form of sedation and is the use of drugs through a cannula in a vein (a drip) to make you feel less anxious and it will often make you drowsy or sleepy. The drugs may actually make you sleep and the drugs can make you forget what has happened. Other ways of...
read moreDay case journey
Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020
After your procedure, you will be taken from theatre into the recovery area where a nurse will look after you until you are not too sleepy and also fairly pain free. The anaesthetist will have given you painkillers and anti-sickness medication during surgery to ensure that you are comfortable af...
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