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What is a COPD exacerbation?
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
An exacerbation is a flare up of COPD symptoms. The signs can include: Increased breathlessness (more than usual) Reduced walking distance Increase in coughing Changes in the amount/colour/thickness of phlegm Chest feeling tight New or increased wheeze If there two or more of these sy...
read moreDigital Heathcare Team is supporting nutrition at WUTH
Last updated on Thursday, June 23, 2022
The Digital Healthcare team (DHT) have always worked closely with dietitians and the wider Nutrition and Hydration Working Group to help support the care of our patients. The MUST assessment (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool) has been through several changes since it was introduced, with ea...
read moreSignage
Last updated on Thursday, February 6, 2025
As part of the Patient Experience Strategy Welcome Promise vision ‘being made to feel at ease and re-assured’, one of the initial work streams identified by the Welcome Promise Group was to carry out a review of the existing Trust site maps available for patients. This was to ensure from a patien...
read moreNeedle Phobia
Last updated on Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Needle Phobia Video Do you have a fear of needles? The Patient Experience Strategy have responded to Wirral Mencap's feedback and created a video to help reduce anxiety. Watch the video here. Read the Needle Phobia Leaflet here In response to feedback from our patients, we have created a...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital Celebrates International Nurses’ Day
Last updated on Monday, May 13, 2024
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) joins the global community in celebrating International Nurses’ Day on May 12. This annual event honours the tireless efforts and unwavering commitment of nurses worldwide. Commemorating this day, we also recognise the remarkable diversity within the Tr...
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 moreWirral’s First Christmas Baby Born at Home
Last updated on Monday, December 30, 2024
In a heartwarming start to Christmas Day, Wirral’s first baby was born at home in Heswall at 8.14am. Proud mum, Georgi Avery, welcomed her baby boy, Sage, into the world with the help of the dedicated Wirral University Teaching Hospital’s midwifery team. He weighed a healthy 7lb 15oz. Georgi,...
read moreWirral Limb Centre’s First Multi-Grip Hand Patient: Julie Griffin’s Life-Changing Journey
Last updated on Thursday, February 20, 2025
A woman born with only one arm has had her life transformed thanks to groundbreaking prosthetic technology at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. Julie Griffin, 54, who is a keen gardener, learned to function with only one hand but thanks to a ground-breaking policy from NHS England, she’s now...
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