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Paediatric Audiology

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

The Paediatric Audiology and Audiovestibular Medicine department of the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust provides a comprehensive range of services for children with all types of hearing and balance problems. This may include children with: Hearing loss due to Glue Ear Permanent...

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Tag:   children's (5)     hearing (13)     ear (9)     ears (4)     deaf (5)     sound (9)     child (12)     baby (6)     toddler (2)     hearing aid (7)     loud (1)     noise (1)     levels (2)     auditory (1)     audio (2)     audiology (10)    

Diabetes

Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse has knowledge in the management of children and young people with Diabetes. From diagnosis they provide home stabilisation that consists of twice daily home visits providing support and education until the family feels confident. The specialist nurses pr...

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Tag:   diabetes (6)     sugar (2)     blood sugar (4)     testing (5)     levels (2)     home care (9)    

Before your operation

Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020

Improving your fitness levels before your operation if there is enough time Treating any other long-term medical conditions Reducing the time you are starved for by giving you water and carbohydrate drinks before your surgery

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Home Oxygen Therapy

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Home oxygen is prescribed for patients who have low levels of oxygen in the blood (hypoxia) which is a symptom of many lung conditions, some heart conditions and occasionally other more rare conditions.  The oxygen helps protect vital organs (for example, the heart, the kidneys, the brain, etc.)...

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Tag:   Oxygen Therapy (3)     lung (10)     breath (2)     breathe (4)     Pulmonary Rehabilitation (5)     hypoxia (1)    

Regional Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Local anaesthetic or regional anaesthesia does not put you to sleep but works by blocking the signals that pass along your nerves to your brain. We can block the nerves at different levels to numb a certain area, for example we can block just a finger or a whole region like an arm, a leg or w...

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Safe staffing

Last updated on Friday, May 10, 2019

All hospitals are required to publish information about the number of nursing and midwifery staff working on each ward, against the numbers of staff planned to be on duty.  This is part of the NHS response to the Francis report which called for greater openness and transparency in the health ser...

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Kidney Services

Last updated on Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Who we are The Wirral and Chester Kidney Service is our renal service that is provided across the following three sites: Arrowe Park Hospital Clatterbridge Hospital The Countess of Chester Hospital (satellite unit) The function of the kidneys It is far easier to manage your condition if...

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Tag:   kidney (6)     renal (4)     hormones (3)     blood (10)     filter (2)     Erythropoetin (2)     Renin (2)     Vitamin D (2)     blood pressure (2)    

Wirral and Chester Kidney Service

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Our renal service is provided across the following three sites: Arrowe Park Hospital Clatterbridge Hospital The Countess of Chester Hospital (satellite unit) It is far easier to manage your condition if you understand what kidneys do, what happens when they stop working as they should, an...

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Tag:   wirral (7)     kidney (6)     nephron (1)     Erythropoetin (2)     Renin (2)     filter (2)     blood pressure (2)     calcium (1)     Vitamin D (2)