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What happens at the PR assessment?

Last updated on Saturday, February 24, 2018

The first assessment lasts for half an hour. A specialised physiotherapist will have a discussion with you and ask you questions about your condition, any relevant past medical history and talk about what medication you take (inhalers & tablets). Your resting oxygen reading and pulse will be...

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Tag:   PR (8)     Pulmonary (10)     rehabilitation (9)     heart rate (1)     oxygen (9)    

Alcohol intake

Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Drinking alcohol affects your body’s ability to fight infection, stop bleeding and heal wounds/ prevent wound breakdown.  It is therefore very important to cut down or stop drinking before surgery.  Stopping for just 2 weeks pre-operatively will improve your body’s response to surgery.  Stopping...

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Dr Azza Abdelrahman, Consultant Biomedical Scientist

Last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

In school I loved biology, I was fascinated by microorganisms, and I knew I wanted to go into medicine so I took a degree it in. In the fourth year we had microbiology as a subject and I found my passion. Microbiology is so variable. One organism can cause a multitude of infections, and one infe...

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Help stop the spread of C.diff gut infection

Last updated on Wednesday, September 25, 2024

C.diff is a gut infection that can make vulnerable patients very poorly. We've made this short video to help you understand what C.diff is and what you can do to help stop the spread of C.diff when you are in the hospital. Thank you for helping us protect vulnerable patients.

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Nursing Career Stories

Last updated on Saturday, May 11, 2024

In this section you can read about the stories of some of our extraordinary nurses. 

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Pregnancy & Babies' Health

Last updated on Friday, April 6, 2018

Having a baby is a life-changing and wonderful experience, and there's lots of reasons you should choose us to guide you through every step.

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