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Diabetes

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Poor control of blood sugar at the time of an operation is known to increase the risk of poor wound healing and infections. This could delay your recovery and may even result in the failure of a joint replacement operation. Target is blood sugar between 4-10mmol/l and HbA1c less than 69mmol/mol,...

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Washing

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Have a bath or shower before you arrive to minimise infection risks. Remove make-up: coloured nail varnish can interfere with monitoring; mascara stings if it enters your eye whilst you are asleep. Take-off jewellery: it can transmit electricity the surgeon uses to control bleeding which may...

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Gathering Feedback

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

Gathering Feedback We value the insights and perspectives of our patients, caregivers, volunteers, and staff. To gather feedback, we utilise a variety of channels, including surveys, Friends and Family Test (FFT) cards, social media platforms, our website, email, phone lines, on-site kiosks, and...

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Tag:   feedback (26)     Surveys (3)     kiosks (1)     FFT (4)     Friends and family test (3)     email (4)     Whatsapp (2)     social media (5)     contact (10)     CQC (3)     CQC surveys (1)     patient story (5)     workshop (2)     care (25)     Patient Experience Strategy (29)    

Supportive and Palliative Care

Last updated on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

What is Supportive and Palliative Care? Supportive and Palliative Care focuses on assessing the needs of patients and those close to them, to make sure what matters most to them is our priority too. The aim of palliative care is to maximise a person’s quality of life by treating and relieving sy...

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Prehabilitation

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...

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Boy unable to walk now golfing thanks to WUTH staff

Last updated on Thursday, February 2, 2023

A five-year-old boy left unable to walk due to arthritis recovered thanks to staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and has returned to competitive golf. Talented young golfer, Bobby Harry, from Bebington, was left unable to walk and in extreme pain last summer after developing a form of j...

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Privacy Statement

Last updated on Thursday, March 14, 2024

To see our Trust Privacy Notice in full please click HERE. Summary of Privacy Statement This website uses Umbraco as its content management system. Due to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that came into effect on 25th May 2018, the website had to make some changes to comply wit...

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Colonoscopy

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

A colonoscopy allows us to look inside the entire large intestine. The procedure enables our specialists to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers. It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum. It is also used to look for causes of unex...

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Tag:   Colonoscopy (1)     bowel (6)     rectal (1)     enema (1)     cancer (26)     rectum (1)     ulcer (2)     growth (1)     tissue (2)