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Clatterbridge 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...

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The 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....

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Requesting Personal Data

Last updated on Tuesday, April 15, 2025

You have a right to apply for access to information held about you, this is known as a Subject Access Request (SAR). The Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation grants a right for living individuals to access their own records. The right can also be exercised by an...

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Foot and ankle

Last updated on Monday, June 17, 2024

Foot and Ankle Pain Most people experience pain in and around their feet or ankles at some point in their lives. It’s one of the most complex, hard-working regions of your body. It has 26 bones and 33 small joints, all held together by a network of soft tissue made up of muscles, tendons, ligam...

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Health leaders urge people in Wirral to get boosted ahead of Christmas

Last updated on Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Two years on since the NHS delivered the world's first COVID jab, kickstarting the most successful vaccine programme in our history, health leaders in Wirral are calling on the public to get boosted ahead of Christmas. The autumn campaign, which started just three months ago has seen over 750,00...

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Help stop the spread of C.diff gut infection

Last updated on Wednesday, September 25, 2024

C.diff is a gut infection that can make vulnerable patients very poorly. We've made this short video to help you understand what C.diff is and what you can do to help stop the spread of C.diff when you are in the hospital. Thank you for helping us protect vulnerable patients.

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