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Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff during Autism Acceptance Month
Last updated on Friday, May 2, 2025
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has teamed up with local charities to provide training sessions on autism and other neurodivergent conditions to its staff. The training workshops have been launched during World Autism Acceptance Month which raises awareness and acceptance of autism,...
read moreWhen to see sexual health services
Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Sexual health services are free and available to everyone, regardless of sex, age, ethnic origin and sexual orientation. If you have a disability and have special requirements, or if English is not your first language, you should make arrangements in advance. Who offers sexual health services a...
read moreLearning Disability and Autism
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
Do you have a patient with learning disabilities who is coming into the Arrowe Park Hospital or Clatterbridge Hospital? Learning Disability and Autism Nurse Welcome to Wirral University Teaching Hospital's Learning Disabilities and Autism Team page. Here you will find out about how our service...
read moreGynaecology Assessment Unit
Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025
We offer a fast-track nurse led comprehensive service for women referred by their GP with urgent gynaecological problems. Most women can be seen on the same day of referral. Services Available Diagnosis and management of women with severe pain or bleeding Diagnosis and management of women fo...
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 moreTreatment of lymphoedema
Last updated on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Unfortunately, there is no known cure for lymphoedema, and treatment varies depending on the severity. Treatment plans will be individually devised and may consist of: skin care, exercise, Simple lymphatic drainage/manual lymphatic drainage, a specialist technique to help with lymph drainage,...
read moreManaging pain
Last updated on Friday, December 6, 2024
Managing Pain The old-fashioned treatment for generalised joint & muscle pain, also known as chronic pain, was bed rest for weeks or months on end. We now know this is the worst possible approach. Exercise and continuing to work are key to recovery. Resting all day may not always be the bes...
read moreEpilepsy
Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The children's epilepsy nurse specialist supports families of children with epilepsy by acting as a link between hospital, school and home. If your child has a seizure or other episode of collapse, he/she may be seen first in clinic by the epilepsy nurse who may arrange further investigations be...
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