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What happens at the PR assessment?

Last updated on Saturday, February 24, 2018

The first assessment lasts for half an hour. A specialised physiotherapist will have a discussion with you and ask you questions about your condition, any relevant past medical history and talk about what medication you take (inhalers & tablets). Your resting oxygen reading and pulse will be...

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Tag:   PR (8)     Pulmonary (10)     rehabilitation (9)     heart rate (1)     oxygen (9)    

Palliative and End of Life Care

Last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Palliative and End of Life Care is the total care of patients (and their families or carers) who have a life-threatening illness, which is progressing or likely to progress. Here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, we aim to provide the best possible care for people at the end of their lives...

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Tag:   palliative (2)     end of life care (1)     dying matters (1)     death (2)     palliative care (1)     dying (1)     passing away (1)     terminal (1)    

Signage

Last updated on Thursday, February 6, 2025

As part of the Patient Experience Strategy Welcome Promise vision ‘being made to feel at ease and re-assured’, one of the initial work streams identified by the Welcome Promise Group was to carry out a review of the existing Trust site maps available for patients. This was to ensure from a patien...

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Cancer

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

The population of the Wirral is currently 320,220, with a national ratio of 1:3 affected by cancer and 1:4 deaths annually are cancer related. WUTH diagnosis over 3,000 new cancers each year. Over 50% of people diagnosed survive beyond 10 years and It is estimated that there are 11,500 people liv...

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Tag:   cancer (21)     macmillan (2)     oncology (4)     chemotherapy (3)     palliative (2)     end of life (1)     breast (9)     bowel (6)     lung (10)     liver (4)     stomach (3)     kidney (8)     luekemia (1)     tumour (4)     mammogram (4)     screening (15)    

Safe Promise Group

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

Discover the Safe Promise: "Feeling safe and having trust in the staff." If you're enthusiastic about upholding this commitment for our patients, why not become part of the Safe Promise group? This group consists of patients, caregivers, WUTH staff from various levels and job titles, HealthWatc...

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Early Supported Discharge

Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018

This service aims to facilitate the transition home from hospital following a stroke. The team are able to provide intensive rehabilitation in a patient’s home and patients could be seen up to five times a week by therapists as part of a seven day service. ESD is an alternative to inpatient reh...

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Tag:   support (25)     discharge (9)     stroke (9)     brain (4)     blood (10)     clot (2)     bleed (2)    

What is an Orthotist?

Last updated on Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Orthotists are autonomous registered Allied Health Practitioners who provide static and gait analysis to utilise engineering solutions for patients with problems of the neuro, muscular and skeletal systems. They are extensively trained at undergraduate level in mechanics, bio-mechanics, and mater...

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