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Follicular lymphoma
Last updated on Wednesday, December 4, 2024
PETReA What is the study about? The study is trying to improve treatment for people with follicular lymphoma who need drug treatment for the first time. The study is using a type of body scan called PET-CT to split patients into two groups based on how long their disease is likely to stay aw...
read moreDiabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP)
Last updated on Monday, March 17, 2025
Click here to find your nearest screening site If you have diabetes and you're aged 12 or over, you'll get a letter every 1 or 2 years asking you to have diabetic eye screening. If you have gestational diabetes, which is often a temporary condition, you will not be invited for diabetic eye sc...
read moreSlit Lamp Biomicroscopy
Last updated on Monday, March 17, 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...
read moreUECUP Work Notices
Last updated on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Emergency Road Closure: 7 PM, 4th April – 12 PM, 5th April As part of ongoing UECUP works and essential maintenance, urgent road repairs will take place on the main exit route from Arrowe Park Hospital. Traffic diversions: All traffic from public visitor car park A1 will be rerouted via the...
read moreGeneral 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...
read moreWirral patient praises innovative MyMobility app following knee replacement surgery
Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025
A Wirral patient has shared how a cutting-edge digital app helped him prepare for and recover from knee replacement surgery at the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre. Robert Lundy, 71, from Irby, underwent the procedure at the state-of-the-art facility at Clatterbridge Hospital in June 20...
read moreCQC Surveys
Last updated on Sunday, March 17, 2024
The CQC (Care Quality Commission) are an independent regulator (the people who check) of hospitals, care homes and other health services are good enough. They do regular checks and surveys to make sure these places are safe and treating people properly. One of their surveys is called the Nationa...
read moreMessage from the Board of Wirral University Teaching Hospital - Lucy Letby Trial
Last updated on Friday, August 25, 2023
Following the conclusion of the Lucy Letby trial at Manchester Crown Court, our thoughts are with all the families affected, who have suffered pain and anguish that few of us can imagine. The events described at the trial have shocked colleagues across the NHS and here at our Trust, just as they...
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