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Keeping the smallest patients warm
Last updated on Thursday, August 26, 2021
Wirral University Teaching Hospital has recycled disused heated mattresses from its Neonatal Unit by donating them to help small animals at Chester Zoo. The baby-sized heated mattresses were no longer suitable for poorly premature babies on the Neonatal Unit at Wirral Women and Children’s Hospit...
read moreUse NHS 111 Online ahead of bank holiday and industrial action
Last updated on Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Public urged to use NHS 111 Online ahead of bank holiday weekend and busy period of industrial action Health leaders are urging members of the public to use NHS 111 Online for non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend - with subsequent days of industrial action like...
read moreEndometriosis
Last updated on Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Our Women and Children’s Hospital provides a specialist Endometriosis Service. Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to those that line the womb grow elsewhere in the body, which can lead to inflammation and a complex set of symptoms, most commonly but not limited to pelvic pain. End...
read moreTrust Announced as HSJ Patient Safety Awards Finalists
Last updated on Friday, June 23, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital has been shortlisted for a HSJ Patient Safety Award for a project helping adults with autism who are undergoing elective surgery. The Trust has been shortlisted in the Learning Disabilities Initiative of the Year category of the awards for its Supporting Treat...
read moreVisiting
Last updated on Thursday, October 30, 2025
Information about visiting is shown below. Visiting on wards is from 2pm to 7pm, with the exception of Ward 32 and Critical Care which are as follows: Critical Care Unit is strictly two visitors for one hour per day which needs to pre-booked with the unit (please see the Critical Care sect...
read moreBarbara Sananowicz, Staff Nurse and Research Champion
Last updated on Friday, August 30, 2024
Barbara Sananowicz told us about how she became one of the Trust’s first Research Champions. What is your job role?I’m a staff nurse on WUTH’s Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU). I joined the unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, so I’ve been here five years now. What sparked your interest in becomi...
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Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
We have a purpose-built Research and Innovation Centre at Clatterbridge General Hospital. We conduct research at both hospital sites (Arrowe Park Hospital and Clatterbridge General Hospital). Some studies invite participants to attend our research unit at Clatterbridge. This centre is for outpat...
read moreAdvice following a general anaesthetic
Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020
Anaesthetic drugs remain in the body for 24 hours and gradually wear off during this time therefore your judgement and natural reactions which ensure your safety will not be as quick as usual. Only leave the unit when you have been discharged by the nurse to be accompanied home by a responsible a...
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