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Vitamin D for dialysis patients
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? This study will test whether “natural” vitamin D (called colecalciferol, and made by the body when sunlight falls on the skin) improves the health of patients on dialysis treatment. Who can take part? Patients who are undergoing dialysis at the hospital. What...
read moreChronic kidney disease
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? The EASi-KIDNEY study is testing whether a new medication, currently called BI 690517, can help slow down the progression of kidney disease or reduce the risk of heart disease. The medication is being tested in combination with an existing, well-known treatment call...
read morePrevention of anaemia (low iron) in pregnancy
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? PANDA is a research programme that aims to prevent anaemia in pregnancy to avoid health problems for women & their infants e.g. premature baby, low birth weight baby, headaches, dizziness using iron supplements during pregnancy. Who can take part? Are you ex...
read moreChronic lung disease in pre-term babies
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is the study about? Whether the use of a mouth spray vs a placebo (dummy medicine spray) could potentially reduce the occurrence of chest conditions in babies who are discharged from the neonatal unit for the first year. Who can take part? Babies born very preterm below 30 weeks, wh...
read moreWe Join a Global Campaign To End Gender Based Violence
Last updated on Monday, November 25, 2024
Christmas is meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for those experiencing domestic abuse, it can be a frightening and isolating time. The run-up to the festivities with its expectations and additional expenses can be particularly hard. But domestic abuse isn’t someone else’s probl...
read morePositive patient feedback for Wirral University Teaching Hospital in national survey
Last updated on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Patients treated at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) have praised the care they received in the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) Adult Inpatient Survey, with the Trust scoring positively across key areas of inpatient experience. The survey asked patients about their experiences dur...
read moreResearch Champions
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
Thank you for taking an interest in the research champion role For more information, or to register your interest, please contact Lucy Lewis (research nurse) on: lucy.lewis@nhs.net or email our generic research mailbox: wih-tr.ResearchDepartment@nhs.net About the role Encouraging a resear...
read moreVascular Surgery
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
From 1 April 2018, The Countess of Chester Hospital operates and manages Vascular services across Wirral, West Cheshire and Warrington. This is the result of a joint decision made by the executive teams from the Countess, Warrington & Halton Trust and Wirral University Teaching Hospital at a...
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