** 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 hospital’s pre assessment unit. Here they are seen by a nurse and a doctor. Routine investigations like blood testing, x-rays, heart tracing (ECGs) and an examination are undertaken. The patients also have the opportunity to talk to staff about their particular problems. The pre-assessment 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.
