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Antibiotics before bowel surgery

Last updated on Thursday, October 3, 2024

About Colo-pro2 Patients who have surgery on their bowel can develop infections in their wound. This study is comparing two ways of giving antibiotics before bowel surgery, to see if one way is better than another at preventing infections after the surgery.   Who can take part? Eligible pati...

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Thank you

Last updated on Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Many thanks for submitting your self-referral form to the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service. This will be reviewed by a clinician within 48 hours (working days only). Once reviewed and accepted, you will be sent a letter with details to go online and book an appointment. If your referral is not acce...

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Informatics

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

Informatics harnesses the power and possibility of digital technology to transform data and information into knowledge, to help improve delivery of health care.  Here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), we have a strong commitment to providing IT services and support to heath care serv...

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Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy

Last updated on Monday, August 18, 2025

Slit lamp biomicroscopy (SLB) is an examination technique used when adequate retinal examination cannot be obtained using digital photography. There are several reasons why a patient may get a non-assessable result from the digital screening examination, one example is that the lens of the eye c...

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Tag:   screening (15)     diabetic (8)     diabetes (14)     blood sugar (11)     desp (8)     retinopathy (8)     retina (10)    

Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre phase two

Last updated on Thursday, September 29, 2022

A further £14.95 million has been allocated to build two more elective theatres the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital. Wirral University Teaching Hospital was allocated £10.6 million of funding earlier this year from NHS England via Cheshire and Merseyside’s Integ...

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Elderly Services (DME)

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

What we do Our Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) includes elderly rehabilitation services, acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, as well as a regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. Over the past few years we have appointed new consultants in stroke medicine, orthogeriatrics, co...

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Tag:   elderly (3)     older (2)     age (5)     aged (1)     community (5)     othogeriatrics (1)     gastroenterology (4)     heart failure (1)     stroke (9)     heart attack (1)     cardiovascular (1)     movement (1)     hip replacement (1)     rapid (1)     access (5)     clinic (22)     OPRA (1)    

Understanding how pregnancy goes wrong

Last updated on Tuesday, December 10, 2024

  About the study This study is part of Tommy’s Project and is investigating whether home environmental factors are important in terms of their effect both on pregnancy, but also how well a baby grows in the womb. There is a home environment questionnaire to complete. There are no blood samp...

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Tag:   stillbirth (1)     research (12)     womens (1)     babies (5)     children (16)    

Collapsed Lung

Last updated on Wednesday, July 2, 2025

What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...

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