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Epilepsy

Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The children's epilepsy nurse specialist supports families of children with epilepsy by acting as a link between hospital, school and home. If your child has a seizure or other episode of collapse, he/she may be seen first in clinic by the epilepsy nurse who may arrange further investigations be...

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Tag:   epilepsy (2)     seizure (1)     home care (9)     specialist (5)     care (25)    

Board Members and Senior Management

Last updated on Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Board of Directors is responsible for the effective running of our hospitals in line with set objectives and priorities. It also sets out the strategic direction of the Trust including the development of services and monitors the quality of these.  To help inform the strategic direction of t...

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Tag:   board (4)     directors (1)     meetings (4)     trust (4)     membership (1)     executive (4)     administration (3)     management (3)    

Public and Patient involvement group

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The department has an active group consisting of patients, doctors, nurses and clerical representatives who meet for 1 hour every alternate month to discuss all matters relating to the department, such as departmental information, efficient running and communication about our services, local serv...

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Tag:   dermatology (7)     skin (9)     cancer (26)     patient (16)     public (1)    

DME at Arrowe Park Hospital

Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Arrowe Park Hospital has acute Medicine for the Elderly beds on four wards and, in addition, a 26 bed Acute Stroke Unit. There are two general rehabilitation wards for older people consisting of a total of 40 to 43 beds, and an active Orthogeriatric Liaison Service. The department also hosts an e...

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Tag:   elderly (3)     older (2)     age (5)     stroke (9)     acute (6)     rehabilitation (9)     Orthogeriatric (1)     Geriatric (1)     winter (1)    

Our Population

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

About the WirralThe Wirral is a peninsula measuring approximately 15 miles long and 7 miles wide, making it one of the largest metropolitan boroughs in England with an estimated population of 320,200 (Census 2021). Demographic ProfileThe borough has a relatively higher proportion of older adults...

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Personalised care planning

Last updated on Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Every patient with dementia has a dementia care bundle, this means they receive personalised nursing care to ensure that all appropriate assessments and care is given.  The symbol at the top of this page is known as the Dementia Forget Me Not symbol, and is used on the patient information board o...

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Tag:   dementia (4)     mind (3)     carer (7)     staff (9)     emergency (12)     forget (3)     brain (4)    

Haris Sultan, Joint Non-Executive Director

Last updated on Tuesday, October 28, 2025

  Haris Sultan joined Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) and Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) as Joint Non-Executive Director in July 2025. Haris brings valuable insight and experience to the role having previously worked with Leeds Com...

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Hand & Upper Limb

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

The Hand and Upper limb service treats all aspects of hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery. The service is on the forefront of innovations and has introduced new techniques to the service. The team consists of: 4 consultant surgeons 2 clinical fellows 1 advanced nurse practitioner A f...

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Tag:   sport (1)     injury (5)     carpal (1)     Arthroscopic (2)     key hole (1)     keyhole (2)     Neurophysiology (1)     hand (3)     limb (2)     upper (3)