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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...
read moreMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Last updated on Friday, February 24, 2023
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a painless and harmless examination. This type of scan uses a powerful magnetic field and radio-frequencies. An MRI scan does not use x-rays. MRI allows us to view very detailed cross-sectional images of the body part being examined. This helps in the diagnos...
read moreClatterbridge Diagnostics
Last updated on Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Patients across Wirral are benefiting from earlier diagnostic testing thanks to national investment in a new service called Clatterbridge Diagnostics. This is one of the first Community Diagnostic Centres in England that are being established as part of a national programme aimed at increasing d...
read moreNew diagnostics service in Wirral to boost access to care
Last updated on Monday, November 22, 2021
Patients across Wirral are benefiting from earlier diagnostic testing thanks to national investment in a new service called Clatterbridge Diagnostics. This is one of the first Community Diagnostic Centres in England that are being established as part of a national programme aimed at increasing d...
read moreGynaecological Rapid Access Clinic
Last updated on Wednesday, December 27, 2023
This page gives details of the services the clinic provides and what you can expect when you attend. Location of the Rapid Access Clinic You will find us in the Gynaecology Department of the Women and Children’s Hospital. When you arrive please check in with the receptionists at the desk on th...
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