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Celebrating 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 moreCourses & Events
Last updated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The Education Centre is proud to be able to host the following events:- For Clinical Skills:- Advanced Life Support Course - ALS CourseNeonatal Life Suport Course - NLS CoursePaediatric Life Support Course - PLS CourseAdvanced Paediatric Life Support - APLS CourseIll Medical Patient Acute Care...
read moreVenue and accommodation
Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018
Wirral is beautiful countryside with beautiful walks, sunset, Irish Sea and the iconic Liverpool waterfront visible across the River Mersey. The peninsula is very easily accessible by air, train and motorway from north and south. There are also daily ferries between Ireland and Wirral/Liverpool...
read morePalliative and End of Life Care
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
Palliative and End of Life Care is the total care of patients (and their families or carers) who have a life-threatening illness, which is progressing or likely to progress. Here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, we aim to provide the best possible care for people at the end of their lives...
read moreChronic lung disease in pre-term babies
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? Whether the use of a mouth spray vs a placebo (dummy medicine spray) could potentially reduce the occurrence of chest conditions in babies who are discharged from the neonatal unit for the first year. Who can take part? Babies born very preterm below 30 weeks, wh...
read morePaediatric Life Support (PLS) course
Last updated on Monday, November 2, 2020
Paediatric Life Support course (ALSG) The PLS course provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the initial recognition, treatment and stabilisation of children with life threatening emergencies, using a structured, sequential approach. The seriously ill and or injured child needs to be...
read moreAdvanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)
Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Advanced Paediatric Life Support is taught, and its principles practised throughout the world. Over 83,000 candidates have completed the course since its inception in 1993. The 3-day APLS course comprises of a flexible one-day on-line component (VLE) and a two-day face-to-face course. Candidates...
read moreChronic kidney disease
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? The EASi-KIDNEY study is testing whether a new medication, currently called BI 690517, can help slow down the progression of kidney disease or reduce the risk of heart disease. The medication is being tested in combination with an existing, well-known treatment call...
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