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Diabetes and Endocrinology

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

What we do The service provides a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient service for both Diabetes and Endocrinology (the diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to hormones). We have an inpatient bed-base at Arrowe Park Hospital and outpatient clinics at both Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge H...

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Tag:   diabetes (14)     blood sugar (11)     insulin (1)     type I (1)     type II (1)     type 2 (1)     type 1 (1)     Endocrinology (1)     hormones (3)    

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)    

By Bus

Last updated on Friday, April 19, 2024

Where possible, we always encourage our patients, visitors and staff to use public transport when coming to and from Arrowe Park Hospital. We proudly opened a new bus interchange in 2015 which is used constantly throughout the day.  There are many bus services that call at Arrowe Park Hospital....

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Tag:   bus (5)     travel (18)     transport (20)     directions (19)     map (6)     public transport (4)     merseytravel (5)    

Amala Johnson, Registered Nurse

Last updated on Saturday, May 11, 2024

Amala Johnson came to WUTH from Kerala, India to work on the Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) in 2022. She said: “I knew I wanted to go abroad to work, to experience a different culture, and my cousin was already working as an NHS nurse in the UK, so that helped me make my choice about where to g...

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Karl Hunter, Research Nurse

Last updated on Friday, August 30, 2024

As a research nurse, Karl Hunter has been in nursing for 13 years, with two and a half of them at WUTH. “I knew I wanted to work in healthcare”, he said. “Hospitals seemed like magical places where wonderful things happened. When I looked at the nursing prospectus, it was clear there were lots...

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Hayley Kendall, Chief Operating Officer

Last updated on Wednesday, November 8, 2023

New WUTH Chief Operating Officer (COO) Hayley Kendall joined from the beginning of January 2022 from her previous COO role at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH). Hayley is coming back to WUTH after six years away from the Trust. Prior to the COO role at LHCH, Hayley was Divisional Head of...

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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 (5)    

Bacteriology

Last updated on Friday, February 26, 2021

The Microbiology service examines swabs, pus, body fluids, sputum, faeces and urine for the presence of infection and disease causing bacteria.   Through association with other laboratories it is able to offer a comprehensive service.   Antimicrobial Therapy and Clinical Consultation   When...

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Tag:   Bacteriology (1)