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“He didn’t just die, he gave life”: A wife’s powerful tribute during Organ Donation Week

Last updated on Thursday, September 25, 2025

A widow and member of the Organ Donation Committee at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) talked about the many lives saved thanks to her late husband’s organ donation. Joanne Caswell, 54, from Bromborough, lost her husband Karl in 2010 at the age of 46 after he suffered a fatal brain hae...

Photographer Returns to Arrowe Park’s Neonatal Unit 40 Years After Her Own Premature Birth

Last updated on Monday, December 29, 2025

A professional photographer whose life was saved at Arrowe Park Hospital’s Neonatal Unit returned four decades later to offer free photographs to families in memory of her mum, Pat. Joanna Bray, age 40, spent the first weeks of her life on the same unit she visited in November. Born several mont...

People urged to use 111 - ahead of Junior Doctor industrial action

Last updated on Friday, December 29, 2023

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors early in the New Year.  As previously announced by unions, junior doctors will take six days of industrial action from 7am on Wednesday 3 Janua...

WUTH Celebrates Overseas NHS Workers Day

Last updated on Monday, March 3, 2025

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating Overseas NHS Workers Day this week, recognising the dedication, skill, and diversity that international staff bring to the organisation. With a workforce representing 61 countries, WUTH values the global perspectives that enrich patient ca...

Mike Fallon’s Journey from Building Surveyor to Emergency Medicine Doctor

Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating National Doctors' Day this Sunday, 30th March by sharing the inspiring journey of Dr Mike Fallon, an Emergency Medicine Registrar at Arrowe Park Hospital. Mike's path to medicine was anything but traditional. After leaving school, he had...

WUTH Supports Learning Disability Community During Awareness Week

Last updated on Friday, June 27, 2025

To mark Learning Disability Awareness Week (16th to 22nd June 2025), Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) joined forces with local charity Wirral Mencap and other local organisations to raise awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with a learning disability and their carers – whet...

Public urged to use NHS 111 ahead of resident doctor strikes

Last updated on Tuesday, November 11, 2025

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors).  Unions have announced a full walkout of resident doctors from 7am on Friday 14 November to 7am on Wedn...

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