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Wirral residents urged to contact NHS 111, visit a pharmacy or contact their GP if it’s not a health emergency

Last updated on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The NHS on the Wirral is currently facing a huge demand for its services, with pressure being experienced across the entire system from GPs to the hospital Emergency Department, and local people are urged to consider the most appropriate options available for their health care. A large number...

New diagnostics service in Wirral to boost access to care

Last updated on Monday, November 22, 2021

Patients across Wirral are benefiting from earlier diagnostic testing thanks to national investment in a new service called Clatterbridge Diagnostics. This is one of the first Community Diagnostic Centres in England that are being established as part of a national programme aimed at increasing d...

Planning to get you home

Last updated on Thursday, February 22, 2024

We know that patients recover best at home, so that’s why we start planning for your return home as soon as you arrive in hospital. If you come in to stay overnight with us, we'll issue you with a ‘Ticket Home’ which details all the conversations that you’ll have while you're with us, that will...

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Celebrates Young Patient Bobby Harry’s Triumph Over Illness as he qualifies for the Junior Golf World Championships

Last updated on Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A child golf prodigy with juvenile arthritis who received life-changing care at Wirral University Teaching Hospital opened the Trust’s fundraising Charity Golf Day. Seven-year-old Bobby Harry, from Bebbington, who made a miraculous recovery with help from staff at Arrowe Park Hospital, set off...

Treatment of lymphoedema

Last updated on Thursday, January 30, 2020

Unfortunately, there is no known cure for lymphoedema, and treatment varies depending on the severity.   Treatment plans will be individually devised and may consist of: skin care, exercise, Simple lymphatic drainage/manual lymphatic drainage, a specialist technique to help with lymph drainage,...

Hayley Kendall, Chief Operating Officer

Last updated on Wednesday, November 8, 2023

New WUTH Chief Operating Officer (COO) Hayley Kendall joined from the beginning of January 2022 from her previous COO role at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH). Hayley is coming back to WUTH after six years away from the Trust. Prior to the COO role at LHCH, Hayley was Divisional Head of...

Pneumonia

Last updated on Thursday, August 8, 2024

About Pneumonia is an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection. Around 1 in 20 patients (5%) who are admitted to hospital with pneumonia have a heart attack or stroke within three months. Aspirin has been used for decades to reduce the chance of having a heart attack or...

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