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General Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

If you are having a general anaesthetic, it will be given to you by an anaesthetist, either as a liquid that is injected into your veins through a cannula (a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand) or gas that you breathe in through a mask.Your anaesthetist wi...

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Stroke Services

Last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2023

A stroke is a serious, life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Blood carries essential nutrients and oxygen to the brain and without a blood supply, brain cells can be damaged or destroyed. Strokes are a medical emergency and urgent t...

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Tag:   stroke (9)     bleed (2)     brain (4)     emergency (12)     urgent (1)     critical (5)     Acute (2)    

Sue Browne, Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Last updated on Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Sue Browne is Diabetes Specialist Nurse and a member of the Trust’s Sunflower Network which supports staff with disabilities. She said: “After having some struggles as a teenager I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD as an adult.” She started working at the Trust as a student nurse during COVID...

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X-ray

Last updated on Wednesday, December 27, 2023

X-ray is an imaging technique to show up abnormalities in bones and certain body tissue, such as breast tissue. An x-ray is the most common form of diagnostic examination used as it is a quick and painless method to diagnose many health conditions such as: Broken bones and fractures Early si...

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Help

Last updated on Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Here you will find some useful documents that can help you if you have a problem with your Hearing Aid before you contact the Audiology Department.  

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Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy

Last updated on Thursday, March 13, 2025

Slit lamp biomicroscopy (SLB) is an examination technique used when adequate retinal examination cannot be obtained using digital photography. There are several reasons why a patient may get a non-assessable result from the digital screening examination, one example is that the lens of the eye ca...

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Tag:   screening (15)     diabetic (8)     diabetes (14)     blood sugar (11)     desp (8)     retinopathy (8)     retina (10)    

Washing

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Have a bath or shower before you arrive to minimise infection risks. Remove make-up: coloured nail varnish can interfere with monitoring; mascara stings if it enters your eye whilst you are asleep. Take-off jewellery: it can transmit electricity the surgeon uses to control bleeding which may...

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