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Pug dog helps save stroke victim's life
Last updated on Monday, March 10, 2025
A stroke victim whose life was saved thanks to her pet pug is helping others by taking part in a stroke research trial at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH).Carole Clayton, age 77 from Willaston, came downstairs one morning to feed her pug dog, Tilly, when she suffered a severe stroke. Lu...
read moreKarl Hunter, Research Nurse
Last updated on Friday, August 30, 2024
As a research nurse, Karl Hunter has been in nursing for 13 years, with two and a half of them at WUTH. “I knew I wanted to work in healthcare”, he said. “Hospitals seemed like magical places where wonderful things happened. When I looked at the nursing prospectus, it was clear there were lots...
read morePhotographer Returns to Arrowe Park’s Neonatal Unit 40 Years After Her Own Premature Birth
Last updated on Monday, December 29, 2025
A professional photographer whose life was saved at Arrowe Park Hospital’s Neonatal Unit returned four decades later to offer free photographs to families in memory of her mum, Pat. Joanna Bray, age 40, spent the first weeks of her life on the same unit she visited in November. Born several mont...
read moreResearch Nurse shares sepsis survival story and urges awareness of symptoms
Last updated on Friday, September 11, 2026
A Research Nurse at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has shared her personal experience of surviving sepsis, praising the Intensive Care team who saved her life and urging the public to recognise the warning signs. Deb Whyte, who was a student nurse at the time, didn’t realise how seri...
read moreRace Equality Week - Spotlight on multiculural colleagues
Last updated on Monday, March 4, 2024
For #RaceEqualityWeek in February 2024 we shone a spotlight on some of our fantastic staff from diverse heritages, cultures and backgrounds. LINUJI THOMAS Meet Linuji Thomas, Divisional Nurse Director. She is our most senior nurse of non-white-British background...
read moreNew Joint Chief Nurse pays tribute to Wirral nurses on International Nurses Day
Last updated on Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The new Joint Chief Nursing Officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Wirral Community Health and Care has paid tribute to dedicated nurses in Wirral as part of International Nurses Day. With nearly five decades’ experience in nursing, Chris Douglas, who was recently appointed as Chief...
read moreElderly Services (DME)
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
What we do Our Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) includes elderly rehabilitation services, acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, as well as a regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. Over the past few years we have appointed new consultants in stroke medicine, orthogeriatrics, co...
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