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Restaurants at APH

Last updated on Friday, December 27, 2024

We have a wide range of refreshment facilities at Arrowe Park Hospital. This includes cafes and restaurants. We also have vending facilities where you can purchase light snacks, meals and drinks 24 hours a day.  Our in-house catering team provide a superb range of high quality, nutritious hot...

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Wheelchairs at APH

Last updated on Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Our hospitals are wheelchair accessible.  If a wheelchair is required please come to the Main Reception.  The reception staff (0800-1900 hours Monday to Friday) will then book the request with the portering team who will come and assist you. If the Main Reception is closed, then please go to S...

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Library Nursing Journals

Last updated on Thursday, April 19, 2018

The Library and Knowledge Service is delighted to announce that nurses, midwives and allied health professionals have access to a new collection of nursing and midwifery journals from the Mark Allen Group (MAG online).  Our journals collection will help to keep you up to date with practice, suppo...

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Tag:   journal (1)     british (1)     therapy (6)     rehabilitation (9)     nursing (5)     medicine (5)     women's (6)     cardia (1)     library (3)    

Regional Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Local anaesthetic or regional anaesthesia does not put you to sleep but works by blocking the signals that pass along your nerves to your brain. We can block the nerves at different levels to numb a certain area, for example we can block just a finger or a whole region like an arm, a leg or w...

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Further resources including service leaflets

Last updated on Thursday, August 7, 2025

Link to pain service leaflets  Pain PIL  Pain psychology PIL  Mindfulness PIL  Exercise PIL  What is a Flare Up?   Links to help you learn more about chronic pain:  https://www.flippinpain.co.uk/  https://livewellwithpain.co.uk/  https://www.tamethebeast.org/  Muscu...

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Eamoulds / Taking an Impression

Last updated on Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Taking an impression of the ear is a simple and painless procedure. A small foam block is placed in the ear canal to act as a seal. An impression is then taken by injecting a silicon material into the ear with a special syringe. This is left to set for a few minutes and then removed.   We will...

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Who can attend?

Last updated on Thursday, January 31, 2019

To attend Pulmonary Rehabilitation, patients must fulfill the following criteria: Have a respiratory diagnosis such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchiectasis or Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). Find themselves limited by breathlessness (e.g. climbing stairs or walking up...

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Tag:   pulmonary (1)     Pulmonary Rehabilitation (5)     lungs (6)     oxygen (9)     air (2)     COPD (7)     Interstitial (2)    

Smoking

Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Stopping smoking for just 4 weeks reduces your chance of getting a chest infection or wound infection and increases your chances of being able to get home sooner after your operation healthy and well. We know it isn’t an easy thing to do but there is help available.  Look at the NHS choices webs...

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