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What is Tuberculosis (TB)?

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ or part of the body. There are two types of TB. Active TB and Latent TB. A person with ACTIVE TB will: Feel ill...

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Tag:   Tuberculosis (5)     TB (5)     immune (1)     chest (5)     weakness (1)     fatigue (1)     cough (3)     fever (1)     x-ray (13)    

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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Tag:   TB (5)     Tuberculosis (5)     Infection (1)     infectious (1)    

Cancer Research

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Research is vital in order to provide evidence to improve treatment for patients within our care.  We ask suitable patients to participate in different types of research. The types of research can vary from a clinical trial (to test a new drug or to test a licensed drug in a different way), to as...

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Benefits

Last updated on Monday, August 3, 2020

All Volunteers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital are entitled to the following benefits: Confidential Counselling Access to library services Access to staff intranet Chiropody service Covid-19 and Antibody test Flu vaccine Advice and support on giving up smoking Lottery Chaplaincy...

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FAQs: Health Care Communications

Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018

1. Who are HealthCare Communications?Healthcare Communications (HCC) are the external company approved by Wirral University Teaching Hospital to provide a reminder service to patients regarding their planned outpatient appointments to reduce the number of appointments being missed. 2. What is th...

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Tag:   FAQ (2)     questions (3)     patient (16)     feedback (26)     data (1)     HCC (1)     Healthcare communications (2)     communications (3)    

Blood sciences

Last updated on Wednesday, June 7, 2023

The Department of Blood Sciences provides laboratory services throughout Wirral and is primarily based at Arrowe Park Hospital with a satellite laboratory located within the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. We process over 2.5 million tests each year. These are mainly blood samples but other s...

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Tag:   blood (10)     rhesus (1)     Haematology (4)     Transfusion (1)     Anaemia (1)     Endocrine (1)    

Nurse Specialists Clinics

Last updated on Monday, February 8, 2021

Our Urology specialist nurses have a vast wealth of experience who have been part of our department for over 10 years. These include Sister Jane Scoble, Sister Carol Wynn and Sister Julie Jones. They provide a well-established and various clinics including both diagnostic and follow-up and therap...

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