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Help and advice

Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020

If you get home and become very unwell following your surgery please seek urgent medical advice by attending your local Emergency Department. You will be provided with the contact details of your ward before you leave the hospital. Please contact us if you have any worries or concerns in the imm...

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I take herbal medicines, should I mention it to the team looking after me?

Last updated on Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Herbal medicines are often thought to be safe as they are ‘natural’. They do however have an effect on the body and can lead to side-effects and so should be used with care. They may interact with your other medicines, medical conditions, or be unsafe if you are undergoing surgery. Always let you...

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Understanding how pregnancy goes wrong

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

  About the study This study is part of Tommy’s Project and is investigating whether home environmental factors are important in terms of their effect both on pregnancy, but also how well a baby grows in the womb. There is a home environment questionnaire to complete. There are no blood samp...

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Tag:   stillbirth (1)     research (44)     womens (1)     babies (5)     children (18)    

Training

Last updated on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Our library team offers a variety of different training sessions. We can arrange these to a date and time that suits your schedule. They can be in person, brought to your department, or via MS Teams. You can click on the links below to fill in a training request form.   Computers for the...

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One stop haematuria clinic

Last updated on Monday, February 8, 2021

Men and women who have noticed blood in their urine, or those that the GP as detected microscopic blood in the urine on dipstick testing can be referred to this clinic (based on certain criteria). The patients will undergo an initial triage by a urology specialist nurse followed by requesting ima...

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Ward Details

Last updated on Thursday, October 30, 2025

Here you can find a list of our wards at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals.  For visiting times, link here.  For site maps - link here for Clatterbridge and link here for Arrowe Park Hospital.   Arrowe Park Hospital: Ward Name Ward No Telephone Location Ward...

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Trust Structure

Last updated on Friday, September 2, 2022

We are one of the largest and busiest acute trusts in the North West of England. NHS Foundation Trust status was given to us on July 1st 2007. This enables us to: Provide and develop healthcare according to the core NHS principles of free care based on need and not ability to pay Have greate...

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Tag:   trust (4)     structure (4)     diagnostic (3)     medicine (5)     clinical (8)     executive (4)     surgery (9)     women (4)     children's (5)     support (27)    

What is a COPD exacerbation?

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

An exacerbation is a flare up of COPD symptoms.  The signs can include: Increased breathlessness (more than usual) Reduced walking distance Increase in coughing Changes in the amount/colour/thickness of phlegm Chest feeling tight New or increased wheeze If there two or more of these sy...

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Tag:   COPD (7)     Chronic (2)     disease (4)     lung disease (3)     oxygen (9)     breathing (6)