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About Diabetic Retinopathy
Last updated on Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Untreated diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common causes of sight loss. When the condition is caught early, treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage to your sight. Diabetic retinopathy occurs when diabetes affects small blood vessels, damaging the part of the eye called...
read moreFunctional Skills: Strategies to support toileting, bathing, dressing and eating.
Last updated on Thursday, April 23, 2026
Self care skills are the everyday tasks undertaken so children are ready to participate in life activities. They include such tasks as; Washing/bathing/showering Brushing our teeth Dressing/undressing Cutlery skills Sleeping Toileting skills They are often referred to as the activities...
read moreOur Staff
Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Nursing Staff The unit is run under the supervision of our ward manager who is responsible for all nursing both on the ward, on the daycare unit and in the outpatient clinics. She is the ‘Clinical Champion’ for the department ensuring the highest standards of nursing care along with a ‘clean and...
read moreWhat 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 moreRCN Industrial Action 6th and 7th February
Last updated on Friday, February 3, 2023
There will be national industrial action carried out by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday 6th February and Tuesday, 7th February for 12 hours. This will involve strike action by RCN members at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. Patients and visitors may notice activity on our sites...
read moreChronic kidney disease
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? The EASi-KIDNEY study is testing whether a new medication, currently called BI 690517, can help slow down the progression of kidney disease or reduce the risk of heart disease. The medication is being tested in combination with an existing, well-known treatment call...
read moreStatement on Critical Incident
Last updated on Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Statement on Critical Incident - posted at 14:50 am on 29th October “Wirral University Teaching Hospital remains in a Critical Incident due to an issue in our Sterile Services Department affecting surgical instruments. “We are very sorry that this situation has caused concern for some of our p...
read moreMichalina Bocho, Senior Biomedical Scientist
Last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
I love science because it doesn’t care about gender, religion or race. That’s the best part of it. You’re just doing the same job as everyone else. The blood sciences team is at the heart of healthcare, because 80% of patient diagnoses are supported by laboratory findings. We provide critical su...
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