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Elderly Services (DME)

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

What we do Our Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) includes elderly rehabilitation services, acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, as well as a regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. Over the past few years we have appointed new consultants in stroke medicine, orthogeriatrics, co...

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Tag:   elderly (3)     older (2)     age (5)     aged (1)     community (5)     othogeriatrics (1)     gastroenterology (4)     heart failure (1)     stroke (9)     heart attack (1)     cardiovascular (1)     movement (1)     hip replacement (1)     rapid (1)     access (5)     clinic (22)     OPRA (1)    

Awards and Accreditations

Last updated on Tuesday, June 6, 2023

As a major NHS acute hospital trust for Wirral and the surrounding region, we hold many important accreditations: Investor in People (IIP) accredited organisation. NHSLA Level 2 accreditation. Level 3 General Medical Council accreditation. Our Trust Library and Knowledge Service is assessed...

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Tag:   investor (2)     accreditation (1)     ILM (2)     PDU (1)     IIP (2)    

Quality Standards

Last updated on Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Our education provision is regularly reviewed by a range of standards to ensure the delivery of high quality education opportunities for our staff. Achievements We are pleased to say our Trust: is an accredited centre to deliver the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) introductory c...

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Tag:   quality standards (1)     investor (2)     people (1)     IIP (2)     medical council (1)     quality (2)     framework (1)     ILM (2)    

Palliative and End of Life Care

Last updated on Wednesday, October 29, 2025

What is Supportive and Palliative Care? Supportive and Palliative Care focuses on assessing the needs of patients and those close to them, to make sure what matters most to them is our priority too. The aim of palliative care is to maximise a person’s quality of life by treating and relieving sy...

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Tag:   palliative (2)     end of life care (1)     dying matters (1)     death (2)     palliative care (1)     dying (1)     passing away (1)     terminal (1)    

Gastroenterology (Liver, Stomach and Bowel)

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

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...

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Renal 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...

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Tag:   Dialysis (2)     haemodialysis (4)     haemodiafiltration (3)     kidney (9)     renal (7)