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“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 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 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...
read moreEveryday lifesavers champion heart health this February
Last updated on Friday, February 7, 2025
Every minute counts in a cardiac emergency, and at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), dedicated staff work tirelessly to prevent, detect, and treat heart disease—the UK’s leading cause of death. This February, Heart Month serves as a vital reminder of the importance of heart health and...
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Last updated on Thursday, December 27, 2018
With state-of-the-art facilities based within a fast-paced and ever-developing environment, this forward-thinking Trust is on an exciting journey of transformation. We are enormously proud that we continue to have low mortality rates, impressive results in national audits such as for stroke, chil...
read moreWirral 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 moreCommunity fundraising helps bring vital epilepsy bed alarms to young patients at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Last updated on Thursday, February 12, 2026
A group of local bikers have raised thousands of pounds to fund vital epilepsy bed alarms for children with epilepsy being cared for at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. The fundraising effort was inspired by Ethan Brown, a young patient supported by the Children’s Epilepsy Service at...
read moreFrom conflict zones to clinical care - how military life prepared James for the NHS
Last updated on Friday, June 26, 2026
From photographing military operations across the world to leading a specialist healthcare service at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), James Elmer’s career has taken him from one unique environment to another. Now Chief Medical Photographer at WUTH, James has spent the last 14 years s...
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