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When to visit a pharmacy

Last updated on Thursday, November 21, 2019

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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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)    

Orthoptics

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Orthoptists diagnose and manage binocular vision and eye movement disorders in patients of all ages. We detect squints, amblyopia (lazy eye), as well as other visual and eye muscle defects (which can sometimes cause symptoms of double vision, eye strain and headaches). We work closely with the op...

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Digital Heathcare Team is supporting nutrition at WUTH

Last updated on Thursday, June 23, 2022

The Digital Healthcare team (DHT) have always worked closely with dietitians and the wider Nutrition and Hydration Working Group to help support the care of our patients. The MUST assessment (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool) has been through several changes since it was introduced, with ea...

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Community Pharmacy at APH

Last updated on Friday, March 28, 2025

A Lloyd’s Pharmacy is located in a porter cabin outside the Cardiology Department by the side door of the Women and Children building. The telephone umber for the pharmacy is 0151 677 6449. Opening Times Monday - 08:30 - 22:00 Tuesday - 08:30 - 22:00 Wednesday - 08:30 - 22:00 Thursday - 08...

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Cellular Pathology

Last updated on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Cellular pathology is the study of organs and tissues, and is used to diagnose illnesses and medical problems, similar to other branches of medicine, such as blood testing, radiology, blood transfusion and biochemistry. We analyse the causes of certain diseases and the effects that they are havin...

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Jenny Williams, Biomedical Scientist Dissector

Last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

I was in my mid 20s and working in retail. I’d always been interested in anatomy, from a forensic science perspective, but I never thought it could be a career. I decided to take a degree in physiology and later I joined the cytology department and worked on the cervical screening programme wher...

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Michalina Bocho, Senior Biomedical Scientist

Last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

I love science because it doesn’t care about gender, religion or race. That’s the best part of it. You’re just doing the same job as everyone else. The blood sciences team is at the heart of healthcare, because 80% of patient diagnoses are supported by laboratory findings. We provide critical su...

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