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Small breast cancer surgery

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

The SMALL Study The study will compare open surgery with a minimally invasive technique called vacuum-assisted excision for the treatment of small breast cancers found at breast screening. Such small breast cancers have usually been treated with open surgery. The 2012 UK Breast Screening Revi...

Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge

Last updated on Monday, September 5, 2022

The brand new multi-million pound elective surgery hub at the Clatterbridge Hospital site in Wirral will be named Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre. Wirral University Teaching Hospital was allocated £10.6 million of funding from NHS England and Improvement via Cheshire and Merseyside’s Int...

Get fit for surgery

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Taking an active role in planning and preparing for your operation will help you feel in control, leave hospital sooner and get back to normal more quickly.

Improving your fitness for surgery

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

Day Case Surgery

Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020

You will be provided with a bedside locker on the ward but space is limited so please don’t bring more than needed. Please bring belongings in a zipped medium sized bag rather than a large suitcase. Please use the following as a checklist: Admission letter Dressing gown/slippers Hearing aid...

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Last updated on Monday, November 30, 2020

Enhanced recovery is the name given to a programme that aims to get you back to your normal health as quickly as possible after a major operation. Hospital staff look at all the evidence of what you and they can do before, during and after your surgery to help give you the best chances for a quic...

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) Introduces Digital Patient Flow Technology to Reduce Waiting Times for Patients

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2023

New digital patient flow technology will play a pivotal part in modernising the Outpatient areas across Wirral University Teaching Hospital, mainly at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals. The patient flow technology uses digital methods to book in and track patients, as they enter and transfe...

Information for-patients before they come for minor skin surgery

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