Clatterbridge Hospital

Name :

Clatterbridge Hospital

Address  :

Clatterbridge Road
Bebington

Town  :

Wirral

State  :

Merseyside

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

CH63 4JY

Phone  :

0151 334 4000

Fax  :

0151 482 7675

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Dermatology
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray

Description

About Clatterbridge Hospital
The majority of planned elective operations are carried out at Clatterbridge Patients benefit from the use of increasingly sophisticated surgical techniques which has led to better outcomes and shorter hospital stays Increasingly operations do not require the patient to make an overnight stay in hospital The surgical and orthopaedic unit consistently has a zero rate of MRSA

Most patients will have attended the hospitals pre assessment unit Here they are seen by a nurse and a doctor Routine investigations like blood testing xrays heart tracing ECGs and an examination are undertaken The patients also have the opportunity to talk to staff about their particular problems The preassessment process means that hospital beds can be used more efficiently in most cases patients can be admitted to the ward on the day scheduled for their procedure
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