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Clatterbridge Rehab Centre
Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018
The new Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) was recently refurbished and offers 20 beds for dedicated stroke rehabilitation. Therapists at the CRC will assess you to identify any difficulties you may have following your stroke. We offer: A Multidisciplinary Therapy Team working with a n...
read moreSurvivor Thanks ED Team After Life-Saving Surgery
Last updated on Friday, February 14, 2025
A man whose life was saved by the emergency team at Arrowe Park Hospital has returned to personally thank the staff who carried out a rare and complex procedure to save him. Peter Murdoch visited the Emergency Department (ED) to express his heartfelt gratitude after surviving a life-threatening...
read moreEarly Supported Discharge
Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018
This service aims to facilitate the transition home from hospital following a stroke. The team are able to provide intensive rehabilitation in a patient’s home and patients could be seen up to five times a week by therapists as part of a seven day service. ESD is an alternative to inpatient reh...
read moreMike Fallon’s Journey from Building Surveyor to Emergency Medicine Doctor
Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating National Doctors' Day this Sunday, 30th March by sharing the inspiring journey of Dr Mike Fallon, an Emergency Medicine Registrar at Arrowe Park Hospital. Mike's path to medicine was anything but traditional. After leaving school, he had...
read moreVolunteer gives back to NHS through hospital radio
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
A volunteer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has shared how his passion for music is helping to bring comfort to patients. Larry Weller, aged 74, presents a weekly show on Radio Clatterbridge, the hospital’s radio station based on site at Clatterbridge Hospital. Joining the airwave...
read moreWirral patient praises innovative MyMobility app following knee replacement surgery
Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025
A Wirral patient has shared how a cutting-edge digital app helped him prepare for and recover from knee replacement surgery at the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre. Robert Lundy, 71, from Irby, underwent the procedure at the state-of-the-art facility at Clatterbridge Hospital in June 20...
read more“He didn’t just die, he gave life”: A wife’s powerful tribute during Organ Donation Week
Last updated on Thursday, September 25, 2025
A widow and member of the Organ Donation Committee at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) talked about the many lives saved thanks to her late husband’s organ donation. Joanne Caswell, 54, from Bromborough, lost her husband Karl in 2010 at the age of 46 after he suffered a fatal brain hae...
read moreCelebrating Living Kidney Donation Week: Paul Dixon's Life-Changing Gift
Last updated on Saturday, March 15, 2025
A volunteer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has shared his inspiring story as a living organ donor as part of Living Kidney Donation Week. Paul Dixon, aged 77, began his journey into organ donation in the 1970s, when a simple blood donation sparked a lifelong commitment to helping...
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