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- Day Case Surgery
Title - Base of thumb replacement
Description - Discharge advice for patients following base of thumb replacement.Title - Eye Lesions
Description - Your surgery today was to remove the lesion on your eye.Title - Joint Injections
Description - Advice for patients having an injection into a joint. - Department of Medicine for Older People
- Dermatology Services
Title - Conventional photodynamic therapy
Description - Conventional photodynamic therapy is a modern, effective treatment for certain types of pre-cancerous skin lesions such as actinic keratosis and Bowens disease, as well as selected non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinomas. The treatment involves applying a light sensitive cream to the lesion and 3 hours later, shining a red light onto this area. The light and cream together create a chemical reaction to target and destroy the abnormal cells only, leaving heathy skin unharmed.Title - Eczema Care Plan
Description - An eczema care plan for use by patients.Title - Phototherapy Oral (systemic) PUVA
Description - PUVA is the name of a treatment for certain skin conditions and stands for the use of a Psoralen drug in combination with Ultra Violet A light. The drug must be combined with exposure to the light for treatment to be effective. The Psoralen tablets are usually taken two hours before exposure to the UVA light. The tablets should not be taken on an empty stomach but with a light meal or snack. The amount of tablets taken depends on your body weight. Psoralen makes the eyes sensitive to light for some hours. After taking tablets, suitable glasses, which protect the eyes from UVA light must be worn for 24 hours. These will be provided.Title - PUVA – Psoralen Drug in combination with Ultra Violet A Light (Treatment of skin conditions)
Description - Puva is the name of a treatment for certain skin conditions and stands for the use of a Psoralen drug in combination with Ultra Violet A light. The drug must be combined with exposure to the light for treatment to be effective. The Psoralen tablets are usually taken two hours before exposure to the UVA light. The tablets should not be taken on an empty stomach but with a light meal or snack. The amount of tablets taken depends on your body weight. Psoralen makes the eyes sensitive to light for some hours. After taking tablets, suitable glasses, which protect the eyes from UVA light must be worn for 24 hours. These will be provided.Title - Teledermatology (Community Diagnostic Centre) Pilot
Description - Your local GP practice has referred you urgently to the Dermatology (skin specialist) Service at Southport Hospital, part of Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), in order to seek a specialist opinion relating to your skin problem. This information sheet is to explain how the service works and how you will be kept informed of the outcome.Title - Teledermatology GP Pilot
Description - Your local GP practice has referred you urgently to the Dermatology (skin specialist) service at Southport Hospital, part of Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), in order to seek a specialist opinion relating to your skin problem.Title - Teledermatology Service
Description - Information for PatientsTitle - Teledermatology Service
Description - Your local GP practice has referred you urgently to the Dermatology service at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), in order to get a specialist opinion relating to your skin problem. You are being referred because of your symptoms in order to rule out skin cancer, and to ensure that you are assessed, investigated, and, if necessary, treated as quickly as possible. It is normal to worry when you are referred urgently. Most patients referred in this way are not found to have cancer. This information sheet is to explain how the service works and how you will be kept informed of the outcome.Title - What you need to know about your minor operation
Description - A minor operation is a small surgical procedure. Your doctor has arranged for you to have this so we can remove something from your skin or to find out why your skin looks or is behaving differently. Because it is only a small procedure, you do not have to be put to sleep and can go home the same day. You will be looked after by our lovely team of doctors and nurses and you can also bring a grown up with you. - Diabetes and Endocrinology Department
Title - Clonidine Suppression Test
Description - Your doctor has recommended you have a Clonidine Suppression test.Title - Diabetes foot care glucose balance support telephone clinic
Description - Good blood glucose levels are important for patients with diabetes who have foot ulceration. Improving blood glucose levels can help foot ulcers to heal more quickly and can reduce problems with infection. Good blood glucose levels may help prevent worsening of foot ulcers and also help avoid amputations.Title - Diabetic Kidney Disease
Description - Diabetes can cause kidney damage, where protein appears in the urine.Title - Dietary Management of Diabetic Gastroparesis
Description - Gastroparesis is a chronic (long-term) condition in which the stomach cannot empty itself in the normal way. It is a type of neuropathy (nerve damage) affecting the nerves which control the movement of food through the digestive tract. This can lead to a delay of food leaving the stomach.Title - Foot Care Card - Staff
Description - Foot Care Card - printableTitle - Saline Infusion Test
Description - Your doctor has recommended that you have a Saline Suppression Test.Title - Type 2 Live Well programme
Description - Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a worry. On average, a person with diabetes spends less than three hours a year with a healthcare professional, meaning they must manage their own diabetes almost 100% of the time. You may not know where to start or how to manage. Often people believe type 2 diabetes is not serious. But it is, you can stop many of the complications from happening by acting now. All people diagnosed with diabetes should be offered advice and support, to help them manage their diabetes and prevent long term complications.Title - Water Deprivation Test
Description - Your doctor has recommended that you have a Water Deprivation Test. - Duffy Suite
