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Pre-Operative Assessment (POA) Questionnaire

Last updated on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is introducing a digital Pre-Operative Assessment (POA) questionnaire to help patients prepare for surgery more smoothly. Patients will receive an email notification prompting them to check their patient portal inbox.  Completing the questionnaire as so...

Where to go

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Pre-operative assessments are performed at both Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals. Your appointment letter will inform you which hospital you are booked in for your assessment.  At Arrowe Park, the pre-operative assessment unit is situated in clinic 9 within the main outpatients on the gro...

Year 3 Medical Students

Last updated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

2014 was the first year that Wirral University Teaching Hospital hosted students in their third year of medical school. This section of the website is dedicated to 3rd Year Medical students on placement here at Wirral. We hope to update this page regularly with useful information. Powerpoint pr...

Your appointment

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

Every effort is made to see patients at their appointment time but unfortunately this is not always possible. Delays in clinic can occur but our staff should be able to tell you the reason. Everyone is seen in order of their appointment time and not in order of arrival. If you need to have any d...

Get ready for the day of surgery

Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020

Your admission letter will detail the time and location of your operation; this can take place at either Arrowe Park Hospital or Clatterbridge Hospital. Please ensure you read this carefully as it contains information which will help to ensure your surgery goes ahead as planned. Please contact u...

Ophthalmic Technical Services

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Our team of ophthalmic technicians provide the following services: Visual field testing for a range of eye conditions including glaucoma which assists the ophthalmologist in diagnosis and management Retinal imaging (photographing the back of the eye) which is also used by the ophthalmologist...

Smoking

Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Stopping smoking for just 4 weeks reduces your chance of getting a chest infection or wound infection and increases your chances of being able to get home sooner after your operation healthy and well. We know it isn’t an easy thing to do but there is help available.  Look at the NHS choices webs...

Post Operative Complications Powerpoint Presentation (15mb)