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Trust Announced as HSJ Patient Safety Awards Finalists
Last updated on Friday, June 23, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital has been shortlisted for a HSJ Patient Safety Award for a project helping adults with autism who are undergoing elective surgery. The Trust has been shortlisted in the Learning Disabilities Initiative of the Year category of the awards for its Supporting Treat...
read morePalliative and End of Life Care
Last updated on Wednesday, October 29, 2025
What is Supportive and Palliative Care? Supportive and Palliative Care focuses on assessing the needs of patients and those close to them, to make sure what matters most to them is our priority too. The aim of palliative care is to maximise a person’s quality of life by treating and relieving sy...
read moreRespiratory consultant leads by example on Cycle to Work Day
Last updated on Monday, August 4, 2025
A respiratory consultant at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is encouraging people to get on their bikes for Cycle to Work Day. Dr Andy Wight, Consultant Respiratory Physician in the Wirral Lung Unit, thinks cycling is a great way for everyone, including patients and colleagues, to ach...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital receives accreditation for maternity care
Last updated on Monday, July 24, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital receives accreditation for supporting parents to be involved in their newborn babies’ care Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has been recognised for its work ensuring that parents can take part in their babies’ care when they are in the Neonatal Unit...
read more£1.2 million upgraded HDU opens at Arrowe Park Hospital
Last updated on Tuesday, September 14, 2021
A new £1.2million upgraded High Dependency Unit has opened at Wirral University Teaching Hospital to enhance care for some of the Trust’s most poorly patients. The High Dependency Unit (HDU) based at the Arrowe Park Hospital site, cares for patients who have been stepped down from intensive care...
read moreHow to find us
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
We have a purpose-built Research and Innovation Centre at Clatterbridge General Hospital. We conduct research at both hospital sites (Arrowe Park Hospital and Clatterbridge General Hospital). Some studies invite participants to attend our research unit at Clatterbridge. This centre is for outpat...
read moreBarbara Sananowicz, Staff Nurse and Research Champion
Last updated on Friday, August 30, 2024
Barbara Sananowicz told us about how she became one of the Trust’s first Research Champions. What is your job role?I’m a staff nurse on WUTH’s Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU). I joined the unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, so I’ve been here five years now. What sparked your interest in becomi...
read moreAdvice following a general anaesthetic
Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020
Anaesthetic drugs remain in the body for 24 hours and gradually wear off during this time therefore your judgement and natural reactions which ensure your safety will not be as quick as usual. Only leave the unit when you have been discharged by the nurse to be accompanied home by a responsible a...
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