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PRINCIPLE – Platform trial of Interventions against COVID-19 in older people
Last updated on Friday, January 15, 2021
PRINCIPLE is a nationwide clinical study from the University of Oxford to find COVID-19 treatments for the over 50’s that can be taken at home. We are looking for medicines that can help people with COVID-19 symptoms get better quickly and stop them needing to go to hospital. PRINCIPLE is still...
read moreRonald McDonald House
Last updated on Thursday, January 15, 2026
Ronald McDonald House Arrowe Park provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation for parents with sick children and premature babies being treated at the hospital’s Arrowe Park site. Ronald McDonald House Charities is an independent Charity and the Ronald McDonald House itself relies on donati...
read moreVisiting
Last updated on Thursday, October 30, 2025
Information about visiting is shown below. Visiting on wards is from 2pm to 7pm, with the exception of Ward 32 and Critical Care which are as follows: Critical Care Unit is strictly two visitors for one hour per day which needs to pre-booked with the unit (please see the Critical Care sect...
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 moreCare Standards
Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the government body which regulates all health and social care providers. As an NHS Trust we are required to meet the CQC’s ‘Essential Standards of Quality and Safety’. These are a set of 16 regulations which define what patients should expect to experience w...
read moreInfections
Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020
MRSA swabs All patients are screened for MRSA bacteria (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) as routine. A nasal and groin swab will be taken by the assessment nurse and sent to the laboratory. You will only be contacted by the hospital if your results are positive for MRSA. This contact...
read moreNewly-diagnosed diabetes
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? To further understand the development and progression of type 1 diabetes and to establish a resource to facilitate type 1 diabetes research. Who can take part? Newly diagnosed diabetic children aged 1-16 years of age, within 6 months of diagnosis. Siblings of newly...
read moreChildren’s Emergency Department
Last updated on Friday, January 9, 2026
What We Do The Children’s Emergency Department is based at Arrowe Park Hospital. The department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. A dedicated team of doctors, nurses and support staff from both Emergency Care and Paediatrics work together in the department caring for chil...
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