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Acute Oncology

Last updated on Thursday, April 6, 2023

The Acute Oncology Team (AOT) ensures that cancer patients who are admitted to our hospital have optimal management of their treatment, or cancer related complication, with timely discharge and onward referral to oncology/palliative care services. If a patient presents with a new cancer diagnosi...

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Tag:   Acute (2)     cancer (21)     oncology (4)     specialist (5)     tumour (4)    

Breast cancer

Last updated on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Wirral Breast Clinic is located at the Clatterbridge Hospital main site, as part of Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust. We offer a comprehensive range of services including breast screening; rapid access to diagnostic tests; breast surgery and family history assessment, in...

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Tag:   breast lump (1)     breast (9)     tumour (4)     lump (4)     mastectomy (1)     puckering (1)     discharge (9)    

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer (Stomach and Oesophageal)

Last updated on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer service is situated at Arrowe Park Hospital and consists of one consultant and two upper GI clinical nurse specialists. We work in collaboration with Liverpool University Foundation Trust (LUFT) and the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. We have a super-regi...

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Tag:   UGI (2)     Cancer (1)     Tumour (1)     Oesophageal (1)     gall (1)     bladder (7)     bile duct (2)     upper (3)     gastroenterology (4)    

Cancer

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

The population of the Wirral is currently 320,220, with a national ratio of 1:3 affected by cancer and 1:4 deaths annually are cancer related. WUTH diagnosis over 3,000 new cancers each year. Over 50% of people diagnosed survive beyond 10 years and It is estimated that there are 11,500 people liv...

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Tag:   cancer (21)     macmillan (2)     oncology (4)     chemotherapy (3)     palliative (2)     end of life (1)     breast (9)     bowel (8)     lung (10)     liver (4)     stomach (3)     kidney (8)     luekemia (1)     tumour (4)     mammogram (4)     screening (8)    

Meet the Teams

Last updated on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

There are currently 12 Cancer Specialities at WUTH which are spread between three divisions within the organisation. Each team has a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and some teams have Cancer Care Co-ordinators (CCC). Although roles vary across the Trust, all teams aim to provide a quality...

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Tag:   cancer (21)     oncology (4)     spcialisms (1)     tumour (4)     lump (4)     breast (9)     prostate (2)     bowel (8)     skin (8)     lung (10)     chemotherapy (3)     hospice (2)     radiation (1)     x-ray (13)     MRI (3)     scan (10)    

UK first for new technology at WUTH

Last updated on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is the first Trust in the UK to use an innovative system to aid the diagnosis for patients with potential prostate cancer. The state-of-the-art ExactVu ultrasound system is more likely to give a decisive result from the patient’s initial biopsy procedur...

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