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Hand & Upper Limb

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

The Hand and Upper limb service treats all aspects of hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery. The service is on the forefront of innovations and has introduced new techniques to the service. The team consists of: 4 consultant surgeons 2 clinical fellows 1 advanced nurse practitioner A f...

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Tag:   sport (1)     injury (6)     carpal (1)     Arthroscopic (2)     key hole (1)     keyhole (2)     Neurophysiology (1)     hand (3)     limb (3)     upper (3)    

Elbow and hand

Last updated on Monday, March 8, 2021

Elbow and Hand pain Most elbow and hand pain has a very simple cause and clears up within a few days. The pain usually comes from strained or inflamed soft tissues such as tendons. You can normally treat this pain yourself with over-the-counter painkillers and a few days' rest, and you may not n...

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Ward Folders

Last updated on Thursday, March 28, 2024

Introducing Ward Folders: Keeping Patients Informed and Empowered At Wirral University Teaching Hospital, we believe in putting patients first. That's why we've launched the Ward Folders project – an initiative designed to make your hospital stay as comfortable and informative as possible. W...

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Tag:   Ward Folders (2)     folder (1)     patient (16)     patient information (1)     ward (8)     wards (3)     safe (5)     medication (3)     flipbook (1)     phase 1 (1)     feedback (26)     discharge (8)     support (24)     leaving (1)     meal (3)     visiting (4)     wifi (1)     staff (8)     care (21)     routines (1)     hand hygeine (1)     hydrated (1)     falls (1)     prevention (2)     well (1)    

Trauma and Orthopaedics

Last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2023

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Department at Wirral University Teaching Hospital provide specialist treatment for disorders to limbs and joints. The type of treatment we offer can be for bone problems such as arthritis or for problems involving ligaments, muscles, tendons and other soft tissue. Our...

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Tag:   Trauma (1)     Orthopaedics (1)     limb (3)     joint (3)     knee (2)     hip (3)     shoulder (1)     neck (4)     spine (2)     ankle (2)     foot (3)     hand (3)     bones (2)    

Skin (dermatology) cancer

Last updated on Thursday, May 24, 2018

The dermatology service has three Consultants, an Associate Specialist and a Clinical Nurse Specialists. The dermatology department is situated at Clatterbridge Hospital and has an out-patient department that provides minor surgery and daily treatment therapies for dermatological conditions. The...

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Tag:   dermatology (7)     Dermatologists (2)     skin (8)     mole (3)     uneven (1)     carcinoma (2)     basal (2)     hand (3)     arm (1)     back (1)     face (3)     neck (4)     stomach (3)     scalp (1)     biopsy (3)     chemotherapy (3)    

Easyhealth

Last updated on Thursday, August 29, 2019

Easy health was designed to support people with providing patients ‘accessible’ health information. ‘Accessible’ information is information that uses easy words with pictures. Please see related links to the left hand side of this page to access the 'easyhealth' website.

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Patient Messages

Last updated on Tuesday, March 14, 2023

This form is only for contacting inpatients at Arrowe Park or Clatterbridge Hospitals. Your message will be received by our Patient Relations Team staff, who will print it out and hand deliver it to the patient. Please note that we cannot guarantee any times for delivery of the message and we reg...

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Infection Prevention and Control

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is everybody’s business within our hospitals. We have a strong commitment and dedication to protect our patients, visitors and staff from avoidable infection. We’re proud of our performance over the last few years in achieving significant reduction in infec...

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Tag:   infection (3)     prevention (2)     MRSA (3)     cDiff (2)     IPC (2)     Hygiene (1)     Clostridium difficile (1)     clean (1)     health (10)     soap (1)     antibacterial (1)     spread (1)     dirty (1)