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Cancer - Health and Wellbeing

Last updated on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

The health and wellbeing of patients is crucial to the future survivorship and improved outcomes for cancer patients. The ‘Achieving World Class Outcomes – A strategy for England 2015- 2020’  looks at how the NHS can deliver care for people affected by cancer by a radical change in focus with an...

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is an exercise and education programme for patients diagnosed with a chronic respiratory condition. The programme is run by specialist physiotherapists, but additional support is provided by respiratory nurses and dietitians during the education sessions. PR is widel...

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Admissions to Clatterbridge Hospital

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Your day will start in either the Leverhulme Day Surgery unit, Ward M2 Surgery or M2 Orthopaedics. Your admission letter will state what time you should arrive and where to go. After you have registered you will wait in the reception area and you will be taken into the unit/ward. You will be see...

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Going to the operating theatre

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

You may wait for some time from your arrival to when you are taken to theatre. It is important to remain warm during as this can reduce the risk of infection. The hospital provide a thin gown which you will wear during the operation. You should bring a dressing gown as the hospital may be cooler...

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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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Support for Carers

Last updated on Monday, September 22, 2025

The Trust values the importance of carers of people with dementia. We acknowledge that carers know their loved ones best and should be listened to. There is a carers pack which informs you of what to expect in the hospital signposting for support for carers and person with dementia. Included in t...

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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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Anaemia

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Anaemia happens when the number of healthy red blood cells in your body is too low. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all of the body’s tissues, so a low red blood cell count indicates that the amount of oxygen in your blood is lower than it should be.  Anaemia can be due to many causes but a commo...

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