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Wirral Patients Benefit from Same-Day Surgery Innovation
Last updated on Monday, April 14, 2025
Patients at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) are now benefiting from a new approach that lets them go home on the same day as their surgery. The Surgical Enhanced Acute Level (SEAL) division, working closely with the Urology team, has introduced a day surgery programme for people havin...
read moreHow To Halve Your Risk of a Heart Attack In a Year
Last updated on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Quitting smoking can dramatically improve your health, with one of the most significant benefits being a 50% reduction in your risk of a heart attack after just one year. As Dylan Edwards, a senior clinician, and Smoke Free Strategic Lead for Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) said: “The...
read morePositive results in CQC survey of maternity services
Last updated on Friday, February 18, 2022
A national survey of maternity services has produced positive results for maternity services at Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital, part of Wirral University Teaching Hospital. The Trust performance was reported as better than the majority of the 122 hospitals surveyed, in response to several q...
read moreMeet the team
Last updated on Monday, March 9, 2026
We work together as a multi-disciplinary team to best support you. Sometimes we work individually with support from other members of the team. This may include liaising with other services. Administrators Our admin team make sure the service runs smoothly and look after non-clinical matte...
read moreAudiology / Hearing Aids
Last updated on Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Audiology is the area of medicine related to hearing, balance, and related disorders. We treat people with hearing loss and attempt to prevent others experiencing hearing damage. We use various tests to determine whether someone can hear within the normal range. If not, we try to determine the fr...
read moreInfection 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...
read moreHome Safety Advice
Last updated on Friday, March 13, 2026
Keeping your child safe both in and out of the home is a priority for all parents and care givers, but for some children; especially those with emerging additional needs, this can prove even more challenging. Fortunately, there are a number of commercially available items than can aid in this are...
read moreFeeding in babies who are born premature.
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
The research study is looking at whether routinely measuring gastric residual volumes (checking what is in the stomach before feeding) helps babies safely get to full feeds quickly. Who can take part? All babies who are born 6 or more weeks early who need tube feeding will be included i...
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