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Accessibility Statement

Last updated on Friday, December 8, 2023

This page was last updated on 5 December 2023. This accessibility statement applies to https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/ This website is run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital, and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. That means you should be able to: Change colours, contrast...

Race Equality Week - Spotlight on multiculural colleagues

Last updated on Monday, March 4, 2024

For #RaceEqualityWeek in February 2024 we shone a spotlight on some of our fantastic staff from diverse heritages, cultures and backgrounds. LINUJI THOMAS Meet Linuji Thomas, Divisional Nurse Director. She is our most senior nurse of non-white-British background...

Maternity Services at Trust rated 'Good' by CQC with areas of 'Outstanding' practice

Last updated on Friday, August 11, 2023

CQC rates Maternity Services as ‘Good’ and praises ‘Outstanding’ work at Arrowe Park Hospital and Seacombe Birth Centre. Janelle Holmes, CEO at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, said: “This is a fantastic achievement and great news for patients and staff." Doctors, nurses, midwives and su...

Mammography (Breast X-rays)

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

Breast Cancer

Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025

Mammography

Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025

What we do The majority of mammography examinations will take place at our dedicated Breast Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital. Although we do run a satellite service at St Catherine’s Health Centre in Birkenhead. Patients may attend this unit through the National Breast Screening Programme or sy...

What is Tuberculosis (TB)?

Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ or part of the body. There are two types of TB. Active TB and Latent TB. A person with ACTIVE TB will: Feel ill...

CT Scans - Computerised Tomography

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

A CT scan is carried out using a special x-ray machine. It produces a cross-section (or slice) of the body. The scanner consists of a ‘doughnut-shaped’ structure which you pass through. This is called a gantry. A narrow beam of x-rays is produced from the gantry which passes through the body. Im...