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New Sensory Equipment Enhances Care in Children's Emergency Department
Last updated on Monday, September 23, 2024
Arrowe Park Hospital has introduced a mobile multisensory station to its Children’s Emergency Department (ED), significantly improving the environment for young patients. This innovative distraction kit, featuring a colour changing bubble column and fibre optic tail, is designed to create a calm...
read moreHow To Halve Your Risk of a Heart Attack In a Year
Last updated on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Quitting smoking can dramatically improve your health, with one of the most significant benefits being a 50% reduction in your risk of a heart attack after just one year. As Dylan Edwards, a senior clinician, and Smoke Free Strategic Lead for Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) said: “The...
read moreWUTH biomedical scientist makes history
Last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
A biomedical scientist at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has shared her trailblazing story of the study into skin disease as part of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Liya Bibby, from Greasby, is one of the first people ever to qualify in the UK to become a consultant...
read moreTraining and Induction
Last updated on Wednesday, March 22, 2023
We want our volunteers to fulfil their potential and make a difference to our patients and staff, which is why our training programme is so important. As part of your on-boarding you will take part in a Trust Welcome Day and be given the tools to access Mandatory Training which will include Da...
read moreWhere to get help with my mental health
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
We know that mental health difficulties are more common when you live with pain, and it is important to reach out and ask for help if you are struggling with low mood, anxiety, OCD, panic or one of the many other difficulties people can experience. Please note that while we are not a mental he...
read moreAlcohol intake
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
Drinking alcohol affects your body’s ability to fight infection, stop bleeding and heal wounds/ prevent wound breakdown. It is therefore very important to cut down or stop drinking before surgery. Stopping for just 2 weeks pre-operatively will improve your body’s response to surgery. Stopping...
read morePrehabilitation
Last updated on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Pre-operative rehabilitation, otherwise known as Prehabilitation or Prehab, is best described as a form of healthcare, which starts before a planned medical or surgical intervention, to reduce the impact of that intervention on patients’ overall health and reduce recovery time. Prehabilitation in...
read moreWe 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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