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Planning to get you home

Last updated on Thursday, February 22, 2024

We know that patients recover best at home, so that’s why we start planning for your return home as soon as you arrive in hospital. If you come in to stay overnight with us, we'll issue you with a ‘Ticket Home’ which details all the conversations that you’ll have while you're with us, that will...

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Tag:   going home (1)     discharge (9)     hospital (5)     checking out (1)     Estimated Date of Discharge (2)     EDD (1)    

The difference between chronic and acute pain

Last updated on Wednesday, January 8, 2025

What is the difference between chronic / persistent pain and acute pain?  Acute pain describes pain that comes for a short while and then clears up (normally around 3 months) once the injury is healed. It is a warning sign that our nervous system generates in response to a perceived threat (e.g....

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Colposcopy Unit

Last updated on Monday, February 24, 2025

Colposcopy is a detailed examination of the cervix using a special microscope called a colposcope. It is required as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Program to investigate women who have had abnormal cervical smears and to help decide if treatment is needed. Most women who have an abnormal sm...

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Tag:   vaginoscopy (1)     vulvoscopy (1)     Colposcopy (2)     cervix (2)     vagina (3)     vulva (2)     biopsy (3)     screening (15)     gynae (2)     gynaecology (2)     smear (4)    

When to visit a pharmacy

Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Pharmacists and chemists play a key role in providing quality healthcare to patients. Working in the community, primary care and hospitals, pharmacists use their clinical expertise together with their practical knowledge to ensure the safe supply and use of medicines by patients and members of th...

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Tag:   pharmacy (5)     chemist (3)     over the counter (1)     painkiller (1)     prescription (2)     filled (1)     advice (8)     support (27)     confidential (1)     contraception (2)     needle (2)     pregnancy test (1)     medicine (5)     weight (1)     diabetes (15)    

Colposcopy

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

Colposcopy is a detailed examination of the cervix using a special microscope called a colposcope. It is required as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme to investigate women who have had abnormal cervical smears and to help decide if treatment is needed.  Most women who have an abnorm...

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Tag:   Colposcopy (2)     abnormal (2)     cervix (2)     vagina (3)     vulva (2)     smear (4)     abnormality (1)    

Children's School Age Physiotherapy Team

Last updated on Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The School Age Community Physiotherapy Team works with children and young people who have physical difficulties that impact their daily life, learning, and participation at school and home. We aim to enhance independence and improve quality of life by optimising movement and function in children...

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Gathering Feedback

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

Gathering Feedback We value the insights and perspectives of our patients, caregivers, volunteers, and staff. To gather feedback, we utilise a variety of channels, including surveys, Friends and Family Test (FFT) cards, social media platforms, our website, email, phone lines, on-site kiosks, and...

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Tag:   feedback (26)     Surveys (3)     kiosks (1)     FFT (4)     Friends and family test (3)     email (4)     Whatsapp (2)     social media (5)     contact (10)     CQC (3)     CQC surveys (1)     patient story (5)     workshop (2)     care (25)     Patient Experience Strategy (29)    

How is TB contracted

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

People get TB when they breathe in the TB bacteria, which are spread through the air. But most people won’t get ill because: TB bacteria are only in the air after someone with infectious TB coughs or sneezes. You need to spend many hours close to a person with infectious TB to breathe in enou...

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Tag:   TB (5)     Tuberculosis (5)     Infection (1)     infectious (1)