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Children's Occupational Therapy Service

Last updated on Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Information about the Children’s Occupational Therapy team here at WUTH is located below. Find out what the team do, how to contact them and much more. As Occupational Therapists, we provide advice and intervention where needed, for children who have functional difficulties with self-care, class...

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Renal services at Arrowe Park Hospital

Last updated on Saturday, February 24, 2018

The Renal Unit, based on ward 31 at Arrowe Park Hospital, is the main site for renal patients within the catchment area of Wirral, Chester and Ellesmere Port. Occasionally we have patients from North Wales. Ward 31 is a combined medical and renal unit. The unit has 19 stations and 2 isolation r...

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Tag:   kidney (9)     renal (7)     dialysis (3)     hemodialysis (1)     haemodiafiltration (3)    

Procedures

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...

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Spine

Last updated on Friday, April 11, 2025

Back pain Back pain is very common and normally improves within a few weeks or months. Pain in the lower back is particularly common, although it can be felt anywhere along the spine – from the neck down to the hips. In most cases the pain isn’t caused by anything serious and will usually get...

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Local Anaesthetic

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

A local anaesthetic is a type of painkilling medication that is used to numb areas of the body during some surgical procedures. You stay awake when you have a local anaesthetic but in some cases the local anaesthetic can be combined with sedation. How does local anaesthetic work? Local anae...

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Regional Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Local anaesthetic or regional anaesthesia does not put you to sleep but works by blocking the signals that pass along your nerves to your brain. We can block the nerves at different levels to numb a certain area, for example we can block just a finger or a whole region like an arm, a leg or w...

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Clinical Biochemistry

Last updated on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

This service tests body fluids such as blood and urine. These fluids are examined for the presence of various compounds such as hormones, proteins, enzymes and drugs. This helps in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases such as diabetes, liver disease and heart problems.We offer a wi...

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Tag:   Clinical Biochemistry (1)     biochemistry (1)     blood (14)     urine (4)     cholesterol (1)     diabetes (15)     liver (4)     hormones (3)    

Molecular

Last updated on Monday, April 30, 2018

Molecular tests (PCR) may be performed on a variety of samples: Blood should be collected into two 4ml EDTA blood tubes (lilac or purple cap) Faeces in the standard faeces container. Sputum in standard container (sputum pot). For swabs, tissues, scrapes and and small volumes of body fluids...

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Tag:   Molecular (1)