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Elderly Services (DME)
Last updated on Tuesday, May 2, 2023
What we do Our Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) includes elderly rehabilitation services, acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, as well as a regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. Over the past few years we have appointed new consultants in stroke medicine, orthogeriatrics, co...
read moreDME at Arrowe Park Hospital
Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Arrowe Park Hospital has acute Medicine for the Elderly beds on four wards and, in addition, a 26 bed Acute Stroke Unit. There are two general rehabilitation wards for older people consisting of a total of 40 to 43 beds, and an active Orthogeriatric Liaison Service. The department also hosts an e...
read moreDME at Clatterbridge Hospital
Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2017
In December 2012, following a £2 million investment into rehabilitation, a purpose built 30 bed Rehabilitation Centre was developed, which comprises of 20 stroke rehabilitation beds and 10 beds for neurological rehabilitation.
read moreStroke Research
Last updated on Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Study Title – ELAN - Early versus Late initiation of direct oral Anticoagulants in post-ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: an international, multicentre, randomised-controlled, two-arm, assessor-blinded trial Principal Investigator: Dr Brian Menezes Research Nurse: Venetia Jo...
read moreWirral Transfer of Care Hub
Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2023
A new Transfer of Care hub at Wirral University Teaching Hospital is ensuring patients who no longer need to be in hospital are back home as soon as they are well. Since the hub was set up in July this year, the number of people in hospital beds waiting to go home or into community care placemen...
read moreGeneral Anaesthesia
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
If you are having a general anaesthetic, it will be given to you by an anaesthetist, either as a liquid that is injected into your veins through a cannula (a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand) or gas that you breathe in through a mask.Your anaesthetist wi...
read moreGood Night Sleep Tight
Last updated on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Laurence McKenna PhD February 2005 © British Tinnitus Association This information is not a substitute for medical advice. You should always see your GP / ENT Consultant Insomnia is defined, amongst other things, as difficulty in falling and/or staying asleep. Mild sleep disturbances are very...
read moreRace Equality Week - Spotlight on multiculural colleagues
Last updated on Monday, March 4, 2024
For #RaceEqualityWeek in February 2024 we shone a spotlight on some of our fantastic staff from diverse heritages, cultures and backgrounds. LINUJI THOMAS Meet Linuji Thomas, Divisional Nurse Director. She is our most senior nurse of non-white-British background...
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