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Collapsed Lung
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...
read moreSmall breast cancer surgery
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
The SMALL Study The study will compare open surgery with a minimally invasive technique called vacuum-assisted excision for the treatment of small breast cancers found at breast screening. Such small breast cancers have usually been treated with open surgery. The 2012 UK Breast Screening Revi...
read moreCancer spread to armpit
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
ATNEC Study When breast cancer has spread to the armpit, extra treatment to the armpit (either surgery or radiotherapy) is usually given after chemotherapy, but this can have long-lasting side effects. This study aims to find out whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy that a person w...
read moreYear 3 Student Doctors (Liverpool)
Last updated on Monday, November 24, 2025
The MBChB curriculum provides an opportunity to further enhance all clinical placements, based on student evaluations, quality visits and the changing face of healthcare practice. The School of Medicine feel this model allows students to get the very best clinical experience across all partner si...
read moreWhen to visit A&E
Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The Accident and Emergency (A&E) department or Emergency Department at hospital is for major, life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Major A&E departments offer access 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, although not every hospital has an A&E department. A&E departments assess and...
read moreAcute Medicine
Last updated on Wednesday, February 11, 2026
This department, based at Arrowe Park Hospital, assesses, evaluates and treats of a broad range of patients with acute medical problems and conditions. It is staffed by a team of Acute Physicians working closely with General Practitioners and a dedicated nursing and administration workforce. It...
read morePneumonia
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? Pneumonia is an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection. Around 1 in 20 patients (5%) who are admitted to hospital with pneumonia have a heart attack or stroke within three months. Aspirin has been used for decades to reduce the chance of having...
read moreOptometry
Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021
Optometrists are health care specialists trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases or abnormality and problems with general health. The Optometry Department undertakes a range of services for patients including: Refraction (sight testing) Presc...
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