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Pneumonia
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? Pneumonia is an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection. Around 1 in 20 patients (5%) who are admitted to hospital with pneumonia have a heart attack or stroke within three months. Aspirin has been used for decades to reduce the chance of having...
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Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...
read moreWhen someone dies
Last updated on Tuesday, June 30, 2026
After your loved one has died, support does not end. Our Bereavement Care Team, alongside our partner organisations across the Wirral, can help with: Guidance through practical next steps, including registering the death A keepsake from our Making Memories initiative, where appropriate Signp...
read moreManaging pain
Last updated on Friday, December 6, 2024
Managing Pain The old-fashioned treatment for generalised joint & muscle pain, also known as chronic pain, was bed rest for weeks or months on end. We now know this is the worst possible approach. Exercise and continuing to work are key to recovery. Resting all day may not always be the bes...
read moreHip and knee
Last updated on Monday, June 17, 2024
Hip pain Most cases of hip pain in adults are caused by osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis in the UK. This page aims to give you a better idea of whether osteoarthritis or something more unusual is causing your hip pain, and what you can do about it. However, don’t try to diagno...
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Last updated on Thursday, May 1, 2025
Shoulder pain Shoulder pain is very common and can affect 3 in 10 adults at any one time. It can be caused by something as simple as taking off a coat, lifting something awkwardly or a trip or fall. There are also normal age related changes that can cause symptoms to flare up now and again for n...
read moreStress reduction techniques to help you manage pain
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
Stress reduction techniques to help you manage pain Living with persistent pain can be very stressful at times. Stress is also one of the many things that can impact chronic pain. Often people report that their pain condition flares up or is made worse at a time of acute stress. This is normal a...
read moreCOVID-19 vaccinations at antenatal clinics launched on World Patient Safety Day
Last updated on Wednesday, September 22, 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations are now available for everyone during pregnancy at their antenatal clinics at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. The new initiative was launched as part of the World Health Organisation’s World Patient Safety Day on Friday, 17th September, the focus of which was “safe mat...
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