Crosby's Birkdale Clinic installs office equipment to let patients work while recovering from cosmetic surgery

Aug 8 2008 By Lloyd Jones

A CROSBY private cosmetic surgery clinic has installed state-of-the-art office equipment to allow patients to work from the hospital.

 Birkdale Clinic has spent £65,000 on the equipment after seeing a rise in business men and women undergoing cosmetic surgery and saying they feel out of touch with the office during their stay.

 Laptop points, desks and dedicated office areas in the private rooms and wards will be just a few of the changes that are being added to enable patients and visitors to keep on top of work.

 The revamp of the clinic, at Prem House in Crosby, is already underway with the installation of state of the art plasma television screens and a refurbished patient waiting area where patients can get together in comfort.

 The renovation will accommodate the growing trend in business men and women who are choosing to go under the knife for a better body, without leaving the office behind.

 The Birkdale Clinic at Crosby is one of three Birkdale hospitals in the North West and has a state of the art operating theatre, two wards and six proposed private rooms where patients can undergo cosmetic surgery, non-cosmetic surgery, dentistry and eye corrective procedures.

 Shelagh Ward, nurse manager, said: “We recommend that people take time out to recover from surgery and we want to create a home from home environment but today that means digital television and online access – that is what many people have in their homes.

 “We have seen an increase in the number of businesspeople coming in for cosmetic surgery and they want to be able to recover in comfort while still keeping in touch with the office.

 “Procedures such as abdominoplasty would prove quite uncomfortable for a patient to move around so using the office facilities would not be recommended but if the patient has the type of surgery which allows them to move about and they want to do work, the facilities are available for them to do that.

 “This will ensure that patients and visitors have everything they need and don’t feel they have to rush away to make contact with the outside world.”