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Ronald 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...

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Tag:   recovery (5)     children (18)     child (12)     support (27)     ill (1)     accommodation (5)     charity (3)    

Visiting

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...

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CT 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...

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Care 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...

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Infections

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...

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Newly-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...

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Children’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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