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Myeloid Leukaemia

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

PROPEL   What is the study about? Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts (MDS-EB2) is extremely challenging and patients often feel very tired (fatigued) have low mood, poor nutrition and be unable to do any exercise. Programmes that help pa...

Wirral University Teaching Hospital’s £2 million Da Vinci Xi Robot to benefit patients by reducing waiting times for planned elective and cancer patient surgery

Last updated on Tuesday, May 23, 2023

A state-of-the-art £2 million Da Vinci robot has been installed at the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital, allowing more patients to be treated, including those with cancer. The new robot will be used in a range of elective surgical planned procedures including can...

Colonoscopy

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

A colonoscopy allows us to look inside the entire large intestine. The procedure enables our specialists to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers. It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum. It is also used to look for causes of unex...

Meet the Teams

Last updated on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

There are currently 12 Cancer Specialities at WUTH which are spread between three divisions within the organisation. Each team has a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and some teams have Cancer Care Co-ordinators (CCC). Although roles vary across the Trust, all teams aim to provide a quality...

Surveys

Last updated on Sunday, March 17, 2024

WUTH Surveys We are really committed to gaining our patient’s feedback. We strive for quality, keeping our patients informed and ensuring our performance is continuously improving and meeting our patient’s needs and standards. Read our dissent poster here.  To drive improvement, we use a selec...

Bowel Cancer Screening

Last updated on Thursday, April 12, 2018

Meet the Chair

Last updated on Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Inclusive Promise Group Chair Sophie Elwell Ward Manager – Ward 18 Tell us about yourself: I qualified as a Nurse 18 years ago; it is one of my proudest achievements. I have worked in Acute medicine, ITU and A&E, the community, Oncology, and I now manage an ENT & Surgical Ward here...

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