Merseyside is the specialist healthcare capital of the UK. With more specialist hospitals than anywhere else in Great Britain, over 7,000 professionals from across the world work at the hospitals and deliver the very best in specialist care. Today, the hospitals provide many treatments, often unavailable anywhere else in the UK.
As a GP, it is important to feel confident that you are referring your patient to the best possible care for their condition. Pin-pointing the most appropriate treatment early results in better health outcomes and cost savings.
This directory will help you to refer your patients accurately and quickly to the best possible care.
Information can be found on services, facilities, consultant names, referral process and contact details.
A new treatment for patients with heart failure who remain symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy is being pioneered at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
Dr Jay Wright, Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool, is leading the ‘first in man’ study for the UK. The study involves a pacemaker like device which is inserted under the right collarbone and connected to the vagus nerve in order to stimulate the heart.
Surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have reduced mortality rates for patients with an emergency cardiac condition to among the lowest in the world at just over 10%.
The hospital is one of the busiest aortic surgery hospitals in the UK, performing around 1,800 open heart surgeries per year including 150-180 complex aortic procedures.
I'd like to introduce you to Anna, one of our mums-to-be. Anna is 32 and this is her first pregnancy - an experience she is going to be sharing with you and us over the coming months.
