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Changes to National Core Content as of 1st July 2025
Last updated on Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The National Knowledge and Library Services team at NHS England funds subscriptions to a collection of digital knowledge resources that is free at the point of use for all staff and learners across the NHS in England. This collection includes databases (such as Medline, CINAHL and Embase), e-jour...
read moreN.M.C Assessor & Mentor
Last updated on Friday, January 4, 2019
The Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (N.M.C) Standards to support learning and Assessment in Practice (NMC 2008a) have outcomes for mentors, practice mentors and practice teachers and take the form of a single developmental framework (paragraph 1.1 page15). See related links. The N.M.C is the r...
read moreManaging pain
Last updated on Friday, December 6, 2024
Managing Pain The old-fashioned treatment for generalised joint & muscle pain, also known as chronic pain, was bed rest for weeks or months on end. We now know this is the worst possible approach. Exercise and continuing to work are key to recovery. Resting all day may not always be the bes...
read moreRunning into 2025
Last updated on Monday, January 6, 2025
As 2025 begins, many people across Wirral are setting health and fitness goals, aiming to turn over a new leaf after the indulgence of Christmas. Dr Martin Pritchard-Howarth, a consultant at Arrowe Park Hospital, and a passionate triathlete, offers practical advice to help you get moving, stay m...
read moreYoung and at-risk urged to get latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine
Last updated on Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Young and at-risk urged to come forward for latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine in the last few weeks of spring programme Younger people who are at extra risk from COVID-19 are being urged to get their life-saving spring vaccine before the latest offer ends on Sunday 30 June. NHS England – North Wes...
read moreAbout the Wirral Chronic Pain Service
Last updated on Friday, October 24, 2025
How does this service help patients manage pain? This service takes a holistic view of you and your pain using the biopsychosocial model. This means we look at how biological factors (e.g. sleep, diet, injury, medicine, other health conditions), psychological factors (emotions, th...
read moreInterstitial Cystitis Clinics
Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025
What is Interstitial cystitis? Interstitial cystitis is a poorly understood bladder condition that causes long-term pelvic pain and problems with urination. It's also known as "painful bladder syndrome" or "bladder pain syndrome". The condition tends to first affect people in their 30s and 40s...
read moreSedation
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Intravenous sedation is the most common form of sedation and is the use of drugs through a cannula in a vein (a drip) to make you feel less anxious and it will often make you drowsy or sleepy. The drugs may actually make you sleep and the drugs can make you forget what has happened. Other ways of...
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