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Mammography (Breast X-rays)

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

4th Year Medical Students

Last updated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

This section of the website is dedicated to 4th Year Medical students on placement here at Wirral.    2015 Powerpoint presentations *****add related docs********* X-Rays

Mammography

Last updated on Friday, July 16, 2021

What we do The majority of mammography examinations will take place at our dedicated Breast Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital. Although we do run a satellite service at St Catherine’s Health Centre in Birkenhead. Patients may attend this unit through the National Breast Screening Programme or sy...

CT Scans - Computerised Tomography

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

A CT scan is carried out using a special x-ray machine. It produces a cross-section (or slice) of the body. The scanner consists of a ‘doughnut-shaped’ structure which you pass through. This is called a gantry. A narrow beam of x-rays is produced from the gantry which passes through the body. Im...

What is Tuberculosis (TB)?

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ or part of the body. There are two types of TB. Active TB and Latent TB. A person with ACTIVE TB will: Feel ill...

Arrowe Park Outpatient Orthopaedics

Last updated on Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Where we are Arrowe Park houses our main outpatients area, the purpose built Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic. Our Fracture Clinic is open 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Referrals The Fracture Clinic does not take direct referrals into clinic, but sees patients who have either been referred f...

Breast Cancer

Last updated on Friday, July 16, 2021

Year 3 Medical Students

Last updated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

2014 was the first year that Wirral University Teaching Hospital hosted students in their third year of medical school. This section of the website is dedicated to 3rd Year Medical students on placement here at Wirral. We hope to update this page regularly with useful information. Powerpoint pr...