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Trust response on further Clinical Support Workers' Industrial Action

Last updated on Friday, September 8, 2023

Wirral University Teaching Hospital response on Clinical Support Workers’ industrial action UNISON have announced a further period of strike action for Clinical Support Workers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, in a dispute relating to retrospective re-grading. This is part of a UNISON nat...

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WUTH named in new national commercial research delivery centre initiative

Last updated on Monday, December 23, 2024

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has been named as one of 10 ‘spoke’ sites for a new NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) which will bring cutting-edge clinical research to communities in Cheshire and Merseyside. The host for the new CRDC is NHS University Hospitals of Liver...

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WUTH achieves 7th gold award in preventing accidents and protecting safety

Last updated on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has received its 7th Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), demonstrating its commitment to the highest standards in accident prevention. The Trust has maintained its gold status for the 7th year running in the RoSPA...

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About the Safe Care We Provide

Last updated on Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Wirral University Teaching hospital is committed to being open and honest with the people who use our services, the wider public and our staff.  NHS organisations have a duty of care to patients’ to ensure nurse staffing levels are adequate and provided by appropriately qualified and experienced...

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Infection Prevention and Control

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is everybody’s business within our hospitals. We have a strong commitment and dedication to protect our patients, visitors and staff from avoidable infection. We’re proud of our performance over the last few years in achieving significant reduction in infec...

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Specialist Facilities

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Skin Cancer work This comprises rapid access clinics for the assessment of moles and ‘lumps and bumps’ which you doctor might be worried about. Any malignancies detected are removed at that clinic visit and others patients reassured. All skin cancer surgery (and other surgery carried out in the...

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