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How is TB contracted

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

People get TB when they breathe in the TB bacteria, which are spread through the air. But most people won’t get ill because: TB bacteria are only in the air after someone with infectious TB coughs or sneezes. You need to spend many hours close to a person with infectious TB to breathe in enou...

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General Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

If you are having a general anaesthetic, it will be given to you by an anaesthetist, either as a liquid that is injected into your veins through a cannula (a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand) or gas that you breathe in through a mask.Your anaesthetist wi...

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Dissent Posters

Last updated on Tuesday, April 2, 2024

What is a Dissent Poster? NHS hospitals are required to display dissent posters in prominent locations, such as waiting areas or patient wards. These posters inform patients of their right to refuse care or treatment from a particular person involved in their care, should they have any concerns....

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Tag:   cqc (2)     Dissent (3)     survey (10)     maternity (2)     children (18)     young person (1)     patient (17)     experience (10)     Urgent (3)     emergency (12)     Inpatient (7)     adult (1)    

About Diabetic Retinopathy

Last updated on Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Untreated diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common causes of sight loss. When the condition is caught early, treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage to your sight.  Diabetic retinopathy occurs when diabetes affects small blood vessels, damaging the part of the eye called...

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Breast cancer

Last updated on Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The Wirral Breast Clinic is located at the Clatterbridge Hospital main site, as part of Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust. We offer a comprehensive range of services including breast screening; rapid access to diagnostic tests; breast surgery, family history assessment, and br...

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Tag:   breast lump (1)     breast (11)     tumour (4)     lump (4)     mastectomy (1)     puckering (1)     discharge (10)    

Year 2 Student Doctors (Liverpool)

Last updated on Monday, November 24, 2025

Placement overview The Year 2 Clinical placement is an exciting, memorable, and sometimes daunting time. For many student doctors, this will be first time they have met with patients and future colleagues in a clinical environment. For others, who may be already qualified in a clinical professi...

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Bowel Cancer Screening

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is a national screening programme coordinated by Public Health England. NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Most people in their 60s will have already received an invitation from the programme. Screening is for people without symptoms. If you are conc...

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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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