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Find out what your colleagues have been writing. This section features articles published by staff working for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Halton, Knowsley and St Helens community staff.

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All publications by 'Williams S'



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Staff

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St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Staff - Publications pre April 2024

Nurse led one stop upper GI clinics are safe and allow rapid assessment of patients

​ Introduction  Meeting 2 week referral targets presents a challenge to many hospitals. Commonly patients are seen in clinic prior to investigation with resultant additional delays in time to investigation. Nurse led one stop clinics where patients undergo clinical assessment and endoscopic and/or radiological assessment on the same day have the..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Williams S, Ashall B, Cave G, Bassi A

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Inflammatory Osteoarthritis

​ Abstract We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who presented with an inflammatory flare of osteoarthritis of the small joints of her hands occurring in a temporal relationship with the commencement of Arimidex, prescribed to reduce systemic oestrogen levels to treat breast cancer. Following the cessation of Arimidex and..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Williams S

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Skill of interpreting imperfect investigations

​ Shuster suggests that clinicians should direct their efforts away from encouraging a deeper understanding of statistics towards searching for better investigations that will give a definitive answer, yes or no.1 To strive for a test that is 100% sensitive and specific, with a 100% positive and negative predictive value, though admirable, is..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: McNulty SJ, Williams S

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St Helens Community Staff

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Knowsley Community Staff

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Halton Community Staff

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North West Boroughs Community Health Staff

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