Stoma Care Department

The stoma care department consists of two part time stoma nurses

Pat Coldicutt who works Monday and Tuesday

Brenda Hill who works Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Our aim within the department is to provide a high quality service for children with stomas by recognising that the family is the constant in the child's life and to provide the family with the skills and knowledge to support the child at home and where possible facilitate independent living.

We are the paediatric stoma nurses for Liverpool and surrounding areas,and we care and support children with varying types of stomas-colostomy, ileostomy,ACE, gastrostomy,and jejunostomy

We provide

• Pre and post counselling.
• Teaching and support to child and family with a newly formed stoma
• Specialist resource for all professional staff in the trust.
• Teaching within the hospital to nursing staff
• Teaching at schools and nurseries.
• Literature to assist the parents when at home
• 24 hour answer machine
• Drop in clinic every Monday morning
• Resource for community staff to ask advice and seek help with treatments