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Cancer - Health and Wellbeing
Last updated on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
The health and wellbeing of patients is crucial to the future survivorship and improved outcomes for cancer patients. The ‘Achieving World Class Outcomes – A strategy for England 2015- 2020’ looks at how the NHS can deliver care for people affected by cancer by a radical change in focus with an...
read moreArrowe Eye Casualty
Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021
The emergency eye service is based in the eye clinic at Arrowe Park Hospital. The service is available during working hours for patients with acute eye conditions. Patients are required to be referred to obtain an appointment. Referrals are triaged based on clinical urgency. Out with these hours,...
read moreCT 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 moreUltrasound
Last updated on Monday, April 30, 2018
Ultrasounds (also known as sonographs) are considered a safe examination. They use high frequency waves to view the organs and soft tissue of the body to produce an image. Ultrasounds normally take between 10 and 25 minutes depending on which examination you are having. Having an ultrasound is...
read moreWUTH and the Treat Me Well campaign
Last updated on Thursday, August 29, 2019
We are signed up for the Treat me well, the campaign has been set up by a learning disability charity ‘Mencap’ which aims to transform how health services treats people with a learning disability accessing hospitals. Mencap vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued e...
read moreExperts by Experience Committee
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
We like to involve the people who use our service in the development of our service. We meet regularly with experts by experience to collaborate on projects and to get valuable feedback. We meet in person and online. You can attend as many or as few meetings as you’d like. If you have experien...
read moreWhere to get help with my mental health
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
We know that mental health difficulties are more common when you live with pain, and it is important to reach out and ask for help if you are struggling with low mood, anxiety, OCD, panic or one of the many other difficulties people can experience. Please note that while we are not a mental he...
read moreHospital and Outpatient Clinics
Last updated on Monday, April 9, 2018
Children who are ill and are referred by GP or walk in centre are seen in the Children's Emergency Department. This department sees children with accidents and emergencies. The department can call on the expertise of doctors and nurses through out the hospital to assess and treat ill and injured...
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