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Urological conditions

Last updated on Monday, February 8, 2021

The speciality of Urology covers a multitude of conditions, which is categorised amongst the following two headings – malignant (cancerous) and benign conditions – Malignant (cancer) Urologists deal with cancers of the urinary tract. These include cancers of the kidney, ureter, bladder, prostat...

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Urology Services

Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025

Urology is a surgical specialty caring for various ailments affecting kidneys, ureter, bladder, prostate and male reproductive organs. The Urology team consists of nine consultants, one associate specialist and three specialist trainees.  They are supported by four Uro-oncology nurses, three spe...

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Tag:   LUTS (1)     UTI (2)     Urinary (1)     Tract (1)     flow (1)     test (9)     stone (1)     uron-oncology (1)     intravesical (1)     catheter (1)     urodynamic (1)     PSA (1)     Antigen (1)     Hematuria (1)     Erectile Dysfunction (1)     lower urinary tract (2)     upper urinary tract (1)     urology (4)    

Early Supported Discharge

Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018

This service aims to facilitate the transition home from hospital following a stroke. The team are able to provide intensive rehabilitation in a patient’s home and patients could be seen up to five times a week by therapists as part of a seven day service. ESD is an alternative to inpatient reh...

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Tag:   support (25)     discharge (9)     stroke (9)     brain (4)     blood (10)     clot (2)     bleed (2)    

Our Services

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

In Trauma & Orthopaedics we offer consultation and treatments for a variety of orthopaedic conditions. More details on our services can be found below. All of our services are supported by our colleagues in the x-ray department, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Surgeries are offered...

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Tag:   trauma (6)     orthopaedics (3)     bones (2)     joints (1)     services (4)    

Foot & Ankle

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

The Foot & Ankle service treats patients with many conditions relating to the area. The team consists of: 3 full time and 1 part time consultant surgeons 2 clinical fellows 1 advanced nurse practitioner A small example of the conditions treated are: bunions foot deformity osteoar...

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Tag:   bunions (1)     foot (3)     deformity (1)     osteoarthritis (1)     trauma (6)    

Lower Limb

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

The Lower Limb service treats patients with hip and knee related concerns. Our team consists of: 8 consultant surgeons 1 clinical fellow 4 advanced nurse practitioners A few of the surgical service we provide are: Primary hip and knee replacement surgery Arthroscopic surgery Revisio...

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Tag:   lower limb (3)     Arthroscopic (2)     knee (2)     hip (2)     foot (3)     soft (1)     tissue (2)     joint (3)    

MDT Coordinators

Last updated on Friday, May 24, 2024

The MDT co-ordinators are responsible for entering all patients with a suspected cancer onto the Somerset Cancer database. This system then allows the co-ordinators to track the patients through out patients, diagnostics and co-ordinate results for discussion at Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meet...

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Tag:   co-ordinators (1)     database (1)     assistant (1)     check in (2)     register (3)     patient (16)     administration (3)     admin (2)    

Diabetes

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Poor control of blood sugar at the time of an operation is known to increase the risk of poor wound healing and infections. This could delay your recovery and may even result in the failure of a joint replacement operation. Target is blood sugar between 4-10mmol/l and HbA1c less than 69mmol/mol,...

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