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Mike Fallon’s Journey from Building Surveyor to Emergency Medicine Doctor
Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating National Doctors' Day this Sunday, 30th March by sharing the inspiring journey of Dr Mike Fallon, an Emergency Medicine Registrar at Arrowe Park Hospital. Mike's path to medicine was anything but traditional. After leaving school, he had...
read moreRefurbished Neonatal Unit opened at Arrowe Park Hospital
Last updated on Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Refurbished Neonatal Unit opened at Arrowe Park Hospital The refurbished Neonatal Unit at Arrowe Park Hospital reopened on Monday 8 December 2025, offering families a more supportive environment during their baby’s early care. Stage one of the refurbishment was completed earlier this year and f...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital’s £2 million Da Vinci Xi Robot to benefit patients by reducing waiting times for planned elective and cancer patient surgery
Last updated on Tuesday, May 23, 2023
A state-of-the-art £2 million Da Vinci robot has been installed at the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital, allowing more patients to be treated, including those with cancer. The new robot will be used in a range of elective surgical planned procedures including can...
read moreDialysis Patients Take Charge at Arrowe Park Hospital
Last updated on Friday, November 15, 2024
A ground-breaking initiative is transforming the lives of haemodialysis patients at Arrowe Park Hospital by empowering them to take control of their own treatment. The system, known as shared care, allows patients to actively participate in their dialysis process with the support and guidance of...
read moreEndoscopy Unit Retains Prestigious National Accreditation
Last updated on Thursday, January 8, 2026
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has been re-awarded a nationally recognised mark of excellence in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy services, reinforcing its dedication to the highest standards of patient care. WUTH’s Endoscopy Unit at Arrowe Park Hospital retained its Joint Advisory Gr...
read moreSpine
Last updated on Friday, April 11, 2025
Back pain Back pain is very common and normally improves within a few weeks or months. Pain in the lower back is particularly common, although it can be felt anywhere along the spine – from the neck down to the hips. In most cases the pain isn’t caused by anything serious and will usually get...
read moreFine Motor Advice and Strategies
Last updated on Friday, March 13, 2026
What are Fine Motor Skills? Fine motor skills are the ability to make controlled and precise movements using the small muscles in our hands and wrists and involve the coordinated efforts of the brain, nervous system and muscles. Whilst these movements come so naturally to most people that we usu...
read moreFrom fainting student to clinical lead: Consultant welcomes 70 Students to WUTH’s Intromed Week
Last updated on Friday, July 18, 2025
A senior doctor who once fainted during her medical work experience at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has welcomed 70 students to the very programme that helped cement the path to her own medical career. Sally Pennington, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Cancer Lead at WU...
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