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Early Supported Discharge

Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018

This service aims to facilitate the transition home from hospital following a stroke. The team are able to provide intensive rehabilitation in a patient’s home and patients could be seen up to five times a week by therapists as part of a seven day service. ESD is an alternative to inpatient reh...

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Tag:   support (25)     discharge (9)     stroke (9)     brain (4)     blood (10)     clot (2)     bleed (2)    

Safety Thermometer

Last updated on Thursday, April 19, 2018

On one day each month we check to see how many of our patients suffered harm whilst in our care. We call this the safety thermometer. The safety thermometer looks at four harms, in particular: pressure ulcers, falls, blood clots and urine infections for those patients who have a urinary catheter...

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Tag:   safety (4)     thermometer (1)     care (24)     safe (6)     patient safety (2)    

COPD, Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Oxygen Service

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

Based at Willow House at Clatterbridge Hospital the COPD, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Oxygen Service offers a specialist multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).  A comprehensive home oxygen assessment and review servic...

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Tag:   COPD (7)     lung (10)     disease (4)     Pulmonary (10)     Obstructive (1)     rehabilitation (9)     oxygen (9)    

Lymphoedema Service

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

The Lymphoedema Service provides treatment for patients with predominantly non-cancer related lymphoedema.  If patients have lymphoedema as a direct result of cancer, they will be referred to the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Lymphoedema Service. The Lymphoedema Service is provided for patients wh...

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Tag:   lymphoedema (1)     swelling (1)     aching (1)     fluid (1)     infection (3)     tight skin (1)     wart-like growths (1)     oedema (1)    

Cancer - Health and Wellbeing

Last updated on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

The health and wellbeing of patients is crucial to the future survivorship and improved outcomes for cancer patients. The ‘Achieving World Class Outcomes – A strategy for England 2015- 2020’  looks at how the NHS can deliver care for people affected by cancer by a radical change in focus with an...

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Antibiotic treatment for abdomen infections

Last updated on Thursday, October 3, 2024

About The EXTEND study is looking at the antibiotic treatment of patients treated for serious abdominal infections. The study aims to see if a fixed 28 day duration of antibiotics is overall better for treating patients with serious abdominal infections than shorter courses of antibiotics as de...

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RCN Industrial Action 6th and 7th February

Last updated on Friday, February 3, 2023

There will be national industrial action carried out by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday 6th February and Tuesday, 7th February for 12 hours. This will involve strike action by RCN members at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. Patients and visitors may notice activity on our sites...

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£1.2 million upgraded HDU opens at Arrowe Park Hospital

Last updated on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

A new £1.2million upgraded High Dependency Unit has opened at Wirral University Teaching Hospital to enhance care for some of the Trust’s most poorly patients. The High Dependency Unit (HDU) based at the Arrowe Park Hospital site, cares for patients who have been stepped down from intensive care...

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