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Disability (including Learning Disability)
Last updated on Wednesday, September 24, 2025
WUTH is committed to supporting staff and patients with a disability or long-term health condition and has signed up to the Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. Further details for the scheme can be found on the links provided. WUTH is committed to ensuring staff with disabilities and long-...
read moreHow to Request or Change an Appointment
Last updated on Friday, April 19, 2024
To request or change an appointment, please email or telephone (see Contact Us section), or use the form below. The contact details will be on your invitation letter. In your email, please include your full name, address, date of birth and screening reference number if you have one (this is the...
read moreExperts by Experience Committee
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
We like to involve the people who use our service in the development of our service. We meet regularly with experts by experience to collaborate on projects and to get valuable feedback. We meet in person and online. You can attend as many or as few meetings as you’d like. If you have experien...
read moreProcedures
Last updated on Monday, May 20, 2024
An endoscopy is a medical procedure that involves the use of an instrument called an endoscope to examine the interior of the body. The endoscope is a flexible tube with a light and camera attached to it that can be inserted into the body through natural openings, such as the mouth, nose, or bott...
read moreHealth, Social & Care Worker Booster
Last updated on Friday, September 16, 2022
This service is for WUTH Staff and Frontline Health & Social Care workers only in our hospitals and across the community. Please do not use this service if you are not a Frontline Health or Social Care Worker. Clatterbridge Vaccination Centre are offering the COVID-19 Autumn Booster vaccine t...
read moreLocal Anaesthetic
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
A local anaesthetic is a type of painkilling medication that is used to numb areas of the body during some surgical procedures. You stay awake when you have a local anaesthetic but in some cases the local anaesthetic can be combined with sedation. How does local anaesthetic work? Local anae...
read moreChief Executive statement on new 'Failure to Prevent Fraud' offence
Last updated on Thursday, October 23, 2025
CHIEF EXECUTIVE STATEMENT on the new ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ offence and other financial crimes against the NHS On 1st September 2025 a new fraud offence came into force. This is a corporate offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’, which is part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency...
read moreAsthma
Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The Paediatric Respiratory Nurse Specialist (Asthma and Allergy) supports and educates children and families with asthma and allergy by acting as a link between the child’s hospital, school and primary care. A nurse led Asthma clinic is held every Monday and an Allergy clinic is on Thursday. The...
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