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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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Tag:   Pulmonary (10)     Rehabilitation (1)     lung (10)     disease (4)     breathing (6)     dietitians (1)     respiratory (5)     chronic (1)    

Home Oxygen Therapy

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Home oxygen is prescribed for patients who have low levels of oxygen in the blood (hypoxia) which is a symptom of many lung conditions, some heart conditions and occasionally other more rare conditions.  The oxygen helps protect vital organs (for example, the heart, the kidneys, the brain, etc.)...

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Tag:   Oxygen Therapy (3)     lung (10)     breath (2)     breathe (4)     Pulmonary Rehabilitation (5)     hypoxia (1)    

Our Staff

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Nursing Staff The unit is run under the supervision of our ward manager who is responsible for all nursing both on the ward, on the daycare unit and in the outpatient clinics. She is the ‘Clinical Champion’ for the department ensuring the highest standards of nursing care along with a ‘clean and...

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Tag:   dermatology (7)     skin (10)     cancer (26)     Dermatological (1)     premalignant (1)     malignant (1)    

Public and Patient involvement group

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The department has an active group consisting of patients, doctors, nurses and clerical representatives who meet for 1 hour every alternate month to discuss all matters relating to the department, such as departmental information, efficient running and communication about our services, local serv...

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Specialist Facilities

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Skin Cancer work This comprises rapid access clinics for the assessment of moles and ‘lumps and bumps’ which you doctor might be worried about. Any malignancies detected are removed at that clinic visit and others patients reassured. All skin cancer surgery (and other surgery carried out in the...

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Tag:   keratosis (1)     bowens (1)     basal (2)     cell (1)     squamous (1)     carcinoma (2)     melanoma (1)     treatment (4)     MRSA (3)     C Difficile (1)     mole (3)     lump (4)     bump (1)     skin (10)    

Ophthalmic Technical Services

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Our team of ophthalmic technicians provide the following services: Visual field testing for a range of eye conditions including glaucoma which assists the ophthalmologist in diagnosis and management Retinal imaging (photographing the back of the eye) which is also used by the ophthalmologist...

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Tag:   retina (10)     retinal (2)     ophthalmic (1)     biometry (1)     visual (3)     eye (3)    

Optometry

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Optometrists are health care specialists trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases or abnormality and problems with general health. The Optometry Department undertakes a range of services for patients including: Refraction (sight testing) Presc...

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Tag:   Optometry (1)     visual (3)     diagnostic (3)     vision (8)     glaucoma (1)     cataract (2)     lenses (1)     contact lens (1)    

Orthoptics

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Orthoptists diagnose and manage binocular vision and eye movement disorders in patients of all ages. We detect squints, amblyopia (lazy eye), as well as other visual and eye muscle defects (which can sometimes cause symptoms of double vision, eye strain and headaches). We work closely with the op...

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Tag:   Orthoptic (1)     eye (3)     binocular (1)     amblyopia (1)     squint (1)     lazy eye (1)     sight (2)