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Prehabilitation
Last updated on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Pre-operative rehabilitation, otherwise known as Prehabilitation or Prehab, is best described as a form of healthcare, which starts before a planned medical or surgical intervention, to reduce the impact of that intervention on patients’ overall health and reduce recovery time. Prehabilitation in...
read moreEarly Pregnancy Unit
Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025
What is The Early Pregnancy Unit? The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) provides outpatient care to women with problems or concerns in early pregnancy up to 16 weeks and 6 days of their pregnancy. Ultrasound scans are undertaken to confirm the location and viability of a pregnancy followin...
read morePre-Operative Assessment (POA) Questionnaire
Last updated on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is introducing a digital Pre-Operative Assessment (POA) questionnaire to help patients prepare for surgery more smoothly. Patients will receive an email notification prompting them to check their patient portal inbox. Completing the questionnaire as so...
read moreMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Last updated on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a painless and harmless examination. This type of scan uses a powerful magnetic field and radio-frequencies. An MRI scan does not use x-rays. MRI allows us to view very detailed cross-sectional images of the body part being examined. This helps in the diagnos...
read moreAdvice if you are on long-term steroids, or have adrenal insufficiency
Last updated on Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Patients undergoing endoscopic investigations are at an increased risk of adrenal crises due to prolonged fasting for their endoscopic investigations. We will send you information when we send you an appointment letter with advice on how to manage this. It is really important that you read the in...
read morePolcythemia vera (PV)
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
MITHRIDATE What is the study about? The aim of this research study is to test how safe and effective a drug called ruxolitinib is when treating patients with PV when compared to the current Best Available Therapy (BAT). Who can take part? People with high risk PV How do I take part? Pl...
read moreGeneral enquiries
Last updated on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
General enquiries should be directed through to our switchboard Arrowe Park Hospital 0151 678 5111 Clatterbridge Hospital 0151 334 4000 Victoria Central Health Centre 0151 678 7272 St Catherine’s Health Centre 0151 678 7272 Alternatively, please email us via: wih-tr.communications@nhs.net
read moreTop marks in CQC Patient Experience Survey
Last updated on Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Arrowe Park Hospital gets top marks in CQC national Urgent and Emergency Care CQC Patient Experience Survey (2022) Doctors, nurses and support staff in the Emergency Department (ED) at Wirral University Hospital (WUTH), which has its main Emergency Department at Arrowe Park Hospital, received a...
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