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Wirral and Chester Breast Screening Programme
Last updated on Tuesday, June 24, 2025
At Wirral and Chester Breast Screening Programme we aim to provide and promote an efficient and effective, high quality breast screening service, to all eligible women, within a caring environment. Breast screening helps healthcare professionals to detect breast cancer at an early stage, which i...
read moreVitamin D for dialysis patients
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? This study will test whether “natural” vitamin D (called colecalciferol, and made by the body when sunlight falls on the skin) improves the health of patients on dialysis treatment. Who can take part? Patients who are undergoing dialysis at the hospital. What...
read moreYoung dancer shares her dream for Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2025
Last updated on Monday, March 3, 2025
A young dancer patient of Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has spoken about her personal story of living with lymphoedema as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3rd to 7th March 2025). Rachael Boggiano, age 24, has been living with the symptoms of lymphoedema, a long-term condition whi...
read moreBirchwood Residential Treatment Centre
Last updated on Monday, August 20, 2018
Expert Team Staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled nurses, substance misuse workers and peer support mentors. Birchwood offers a unique blend of clinical and therapeutic support to help each individual to achieve his or her recovery goal, and find solutions to substance use. Ove...
read moreSam Westwell, Chief Nurse and CQC Responsible Officer
Last updated on Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Sam joined WUTH in June 2024, bringing over 30 years of experience in nursing and nursing leadership across a variety of specialties and roles. She was previously Director of Nursing at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT). She is the Trust’s CQC lead and Responsible Offi...
read moreMolecular
Last updated on Monday, April 30, 2018
Molecular tests (PCR) may be performed on a variety of samples: Blood should be collected into two 4ml EDTA blood tubes (lilac or purple cap) Faeces in the standard faeces container. Sputum in standard container (sputum pot). For swabs, tissues, scrapes and and small volumes of body fluids...
read moreWirral Perinatal Pelvic Health Service
Last updated on Thursday, July 11, 2024
It is common in pregnancy and throughout the postnatal period to experience symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction. This can include: urinary or bladder leakage (known as incontinence), trouble controlling wind, painful / difficult intercourse, or pelvic organ prolapse. Whilst it is common, it is...
read moreGeneral Anaesthesia
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
If you are having a general anaesthetic, it will be given to you by an anaesthetist, either as a liquid that is injected into your veins through a cannula (a thin, plastic tube that feeds into a vein, usually on the back of your hand) or gas that you breathe in through a mask.Your anaesthetist wi...
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