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Managing pain

Last updated on Friday, December 6, 2024

Managing Pain The old-fashioned treatment for generalised joint & muscle pain, also known as chronic pain, was bed rest for weeks or months on end. We now know this is the worst possible approach. Exercise and continuing to work are key to recovery. Resting all day may not always be the bes...

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Running into 2025

Last updated on Monday, January 6, 2025

As 2025 begins, many people across Wirral are setting health and fitness goals, aiming to turn over a new leaf after the indulgence of Christmas. Dr Martin Pritchard-Howarth, a consultant at Arrowe Park Hospital, and a passionate triathlete, offers practical advice to help you get moving, stay m...

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Modern Slavery Act

Last updated on Monday, June 12, 2023

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Act 2015 Annual Statement – 2023 Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires all organisations to set out the steps it has taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains, and...

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Consultants' Industrial Action

Last updated on Monday, August 21, 2023

This week will see further strikes by hospital consultants in Cheshire and Merseyside. Hospital consultants will be taking a second round of strike action for 48 hours from 07:00 on Thursday 24 August until 07:00 on Saturday 26 August ahead of the bank holiday weekend. NHS Trusts across Cheshir...

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Young and at-risk urged to get latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine

Last updated on Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Young and at-risk urged to come forward for latest top-up COVID-19 vaccine in the last few weeks of spring programme Younger people who are at extra risk from COVID-19 are being urged to get their life-saving spring vaccine before the latest offer ends on Sunday 30 June. NHS England – North Wes...

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Awards and Accreditations

Last updated on Tuesday, June 6, 2023

As a major NHS acute hospital trust for Wirral and the surrounding region, we hold many important accreditations: Investor in People (IIP) accredited organisation. NHSLA Level 2 accreditation. Level 3 General Medical Council accreditation. Our Trust Library and Knowledge Service is assessed...

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We mark two-years since we became the UK’s first COVID-19 quarantine site

Last updated on Monday, January 31, 2022

Wirral University Teaching Hospital is marking two-years since it became the UK’s first quarantine site since 1978 at the start of the country’s COVID-19 journey. The Trust’s Chief Executive, Janelle Holmes, has paid tribute to the tremendous efforts of staff that has continued since those very...

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Clatterbridge Diagnostic Centre welcomes its 25,000th patient

Last updated on Monday, August 1, 2022

More than 25,000 people have now benefited from faster access to vital diagnostic tests and scans thanks to Clatterbridge Diagnostics, a new NHS community diagnostic centre in Wirral. Paul Cotgrave, from Birkenhead, was the 25,000th person to be seen at Clatterbridge Diagnostics, which achieved...

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