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Waiting Times
Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018
It is your right to access our services within maximum waiting times we have set by the NHS Constitution. This means you have the right to start consultant-led treatment within 18 weeks from referral, or to be seen by a specialist within two weeks of GP referral for a suspected cancer. If for...
read moreModern Slavery Act
Last updated on Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Act 2015 Annual Statement – 2025/26 Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires all organisations to set out the steps it has taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chain...
read moreYoung dancer shares her dream for Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2025
Last updated on Monday, March 3, 2025
A young dancer patient of Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has spoken about her personal story of living with lymphoedema as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3rd to 7th March 2025). Rachael Boggiano, age 24, has been living with the symptoms of lymphoedema, a long-term condition whi...
read moreWard 12 at Arrowe Park
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Wirral Hospital's Orthopaedic team are fortunate enough to be one of the few in the North West to have elective inpatient beds that are ring fenced for Orthopaedic elective use only. This has been recommended by the British Orthopaedic Association to reduce the number of cancelled elective operat...
read moreCritical Incident at WUTH Stood Down
Last updated on Friday, November 7, 2025
Statement uploaded at 4.47pm on 7th November 2025 A Wirral University Teaching Hospital spokesperson said: “The Critical Incident involving Sterile Services Department affecting surgical instruments has now been stood down. This has been stepped down to a Business Continuity Incident as we retu...
read moreWUTH Website Privacy Notice
Last updated on Monday, April 23, 2018
GDPR and Umbraco Our website uses Umbraco as the content management system with which to run our online sites. On the 25th of May 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be enforced. We have investigated where improvements need to be made in order for all Umbraco products and servic...
read moreBeam signing ceremony marks A&E build milestone
Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2023
A beam signing ceremony has marked the next stage of the development of a new urgent and emergency care facility at Arrowe Park Hospital. Staff from Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) and Wirral Community Health and Care (WCHC) NHS Foundation Trust joined together for the event to sign t...
read moreWhat is a COPD exacerbation?
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
An exacerbation is a flare up of COPD symptoms. The signs can include: Increased breathlessness (more than usual) Reduced walking distance Increase in coughing Changes in the amount/colour/thickness of phlegm Chest feeling tight New or increased wheeze If there two or more of these sy...
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