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Bowel Cancer Screening
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is a national screening programme coordinated by Public Health England. NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Most people in their 60s will have already received an invitation from the programme. Screening is for people without symptoms. If you are conc...
read moreBowel Cancer Awareness Video
Last updated on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Bowel Cancer Awareness Video April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and we're proud to share with you an awareness video featuring Danny De Brabander. Danny bravely shares his story and talks about the important work of the charity Team DDB. Did you know that bowel cancer is the second most co...
read moreBowel (Colorectal) Cancer
Last updated on Wednesday, July 10, 2024
The Colorectal Cancer team consists of seven Colorectal Surgeons based at Arrowe Park Hospital (with clinic capacity at Clatterbridge Hospital and Victoria Central Hospital). They are supported by a team of Macmillan Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs), Care Co-Ordinators, a Nurse Consultant...
read moreAntibiotics before bowel surgery
Last updated on Thursday, October 3, 2024
About Colo-pro2 Patients who have surgery on their bowel can develop infections in their wound. This study is comparing two ways of giving antibiotics before bowel surgery, to see if one way is better than another at preventing infections after the surgery. Who can take part? Eligible pati...
read moreColonoscopy
Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024
A colonoscopy allows us to look inside the entire large intestine. The procedure enables our specialists to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers. It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum. It is also used to look for causes of unex...
read moreAvoiding anastomotic leak (breakdown of the bowel repair)
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
Avoid: Alcohol Smoking It is never too late to stop smoking or drinking and doing this will improve your chances of a good surgical outcome. Eating healthily is also important, especially if you are overweight.
read moreGastroenterology (Liver, Stomach and Bowel)
Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024
Gastroenterology offers a wide range of specialised services: inflammatory bowel diseases liver diseases pancreato-biliary medicine nutritional disorders gastrointestinal cancers advanced endoscopy We have nine consultants and junior medical staff, supported by three inflammatory bowel...
read moreCancer
Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024
The population of the Wirral is currently 320,220, with a national ratio of 1:3 affected by cancer and 1:4 deaths annually are cancer related. WUTH diagnosis over 3,000 new cancers each year. Over 50% of people diagnosed survive beyond 10 years and It is estimated that there are 11,500 people liv...
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