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Chronic 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 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 moreGovernance
Last updated on Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Governance is all about how an organisation is directed, controlled and held to account. Good governance ensures that effective structures, systems, policies and procedures are in place to ensure that the organisation is working for the benefit of all and to the highest standards. In the case o...
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 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 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...
read moreWhat happens at the clinic
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The Wirral TB Service is led by the Senior TB specialist nurse Lesley Brogelli. The TB service work closely with the Respiratory Consultants and we specialise in caring and treating people with TB and preventing its spread. Our service is used by children and adults on the Wirral with suspected o...
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