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About Diabetic Retinopathy

Last updated on Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Untreated diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common causes of sight loss. When the condition is caught early, treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage to your sight.  Diabetic retinopathy occurs when diabetes affects small blood vessels, damaging the part of the eye called...

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

Hidden Disabilities

Last updated on Thursday, May 2, 2024

The Hidden Disabilities Task & Finish Group was created in October 2023, with an initial objective of improving our accessible toilet facilities.  Since then, the group has expanded its scope and ambition to respond to feedback raised by our patients and staff with a hidden disability as we...

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£1.2 million upgraded HDU opens at Arrowe Park Hospital

Last updated on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

A new £1.2million upgraded High Dependency Unit has opened at Wirral University Teaching Hospital to enhance care for some of the Trust’s most poorly patients. The High Dependency Unit (HDU) based at the Arrowe Park Hospital site, cares for patients who have been stepped down from intensive care...

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Boxing legend Tony Bellew launches Tour de Wards cycle event

Last updated on Friday, February 23, 2024

Fresh from his return from the I’m a Celebrity jungle, boxing legend Tony Bellew has launched the Tour de Wards cycle challenge at Arrowe Park Hospital. Always up for a challenge, the former cruiserweight champion delighted fans by taking on the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! bushtucker tr...

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Clatterbridge Hospital Outpatient Orthopaedics

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

Set within the Main Outpatient Department of Clatterbridge, Orthopaedic teams from all of our specialties hold weekly outpatient clinics for patients referred by their GP. The clinics are supported by skilled nurses who offer dressings and plaster care, as well as the x-ray and preoperative...

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Tag:   orthopaedics (3)     clatterbridge (13)     fracture (4)     break (2)     trauma (6)     bone (2)     muscle (1)     twist (1)    

Life's Sweet Challenge

Last updated on Thursday, November 14, 2024

On World Diabetes Day (14th Nov), we meet Stephanie Gisborne, a diabetes nurse at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, who not only battles type 1 diabetes personally but also empowers her daughter and patients to thrive despite the condition.  Stephanie Gisborne is a dedicated diabetes nurse wh...

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General Anaesthesia

Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018

If you are having a general anaesthetic, it will be given to you by an anaesthetist, either as a liquid that is injected into your veins through a cannula (a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand) or gas that you breathe in through a mask.Your anaesthetist wi...

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Mike Fallon’s Journey from Building Surveyor to Emergency Medicine Doctor

Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating National Doctors' Day this Sunday, 30th March by sharing the inspiring journey of Dr Mike Fallon, an Emergency Medicine Registrar at Arrowe Park Hospital. Mike's path to medicine was anything but traditional. After leaving school, he had...

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