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Where 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 moreProcedures
Last updated on Monday, May 20, 2024
An endoscopy is a medical procedure that involves the use of an instrument called an endoscope to examine the interior of the body. The endoscope is a flexible tube with a light and camera attached to it that can be inserted into the body through natural openings, such as the mouth, nose, or bott...
read moreHospital consultants in Cheshire and Merseyside striking for the first time this week
Last updated on Tuesday, July 18, 2023
This week sees hospital consultants strike in Cheshire and Merseyside, the first action of its type since NHS industrial action began in December 2022. Hospital consultants across the region will walk-out from 7am on Thursday, July 20th, to 7am on Saturday, July 22nd. NHS Trusts across Cheshire...
read moreClatterbridge Diagnostics
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
Patients across Wirral are benefiting from earlier diagnostic testing thanks to national investment in a new service called Clatterbridge Diagnostics. This is one of the first Community Diagnostic Centres in England that are being established as part of a national programme aimed at increasing d...
read moreGastroenterology (Liver, Stomach and Bowel)
Last updated on Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Gastroenterology offers a wide range of specialised services: inflammatory bowel diseases liver diseases pancreato-biliary medicine nutritional disorders gastrointestinal cancers advanced endoscopy We have nine consultants and junior medical staff, supported by three inflammatory bowel...
read moreArrowe Park Acute Stroke Unit
Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018
Each year, an estimated 700 people in the Wirral and Cheshire area will suffer a stroke and be admitted to hospital. Our Stroke patients are brought in through our Emergency Department at Arrowe Park Hospital as emergency cases and are directly admitted to the Acute Stroke Unit on Ward 23. Ward...
read moreThe 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....
read moreDr 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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