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Mike Fallon’s Journey from Building Surveyor to Emergency Medicine Doctor

Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating National Doctors' Day this Sunday, 30th March by sharing the inspiring journey of Dr Mike Fallon, an Emergency Medicine Registrar at Arrowe Park Hospital. Mike's path to medicine was anything but traditional. After leaving school, he had...

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Gastro-Intestinal Services

Last updated on Friday, May 17, 2024

Our Gastro-Intestinal Service includes both colorectal/lower gastro-intestinal (LGI) and upper gastro-intestinal surgery (UGI). We incorporate a joint medical and surgical approach to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gastro-intestinal diseases including cancer. The UGI service is prov...

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Tag:   gastroenterology (4)     upper (3)     endoscopy (6)     LGI (1)     colorectal (1)     oesophagus (1)     Gallbladder (1)     reflux (1)     UGI (2)     Achalasia (1)     Hernia (1)    

Arrowe Park Acute Stroke Unit

Last updated on Friday, January 12, 2018

Each year, an estimated 700 people in the Wirral and Cheshire area will suffer a stroke and be admitted to hospital. Our Stroke patients are brought in through our Emergency Department at Arrowe Park Hospital as emergency cases and are directly admitted to the Acute Stroke Unit on Ward 23. Ward...

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Tag:   stroke (9)     acute (6)     unit (2)     thrombolysis (1)     blood (10)     clot (2)     brain (4)    

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Industrial Action

Last updated on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

There will be national industrial action carried out by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on 18th and 19th January from 8am to 8pm. This will involve strike action by RCN members at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. Patients and visitors may notice activity on our sites today involving NHS s...

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When to visit a pharmacy

Last updated on Thursday, November 21, 2019

Pharmacists and chemists play a key role in providing quality healthcare to patients. Working in the community, primary care and hospitals, pharmacists use their clinical expertise together with their practical knowledge to ensure the safe supply and use of medicines by patients and members of th...

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Tag:   pharmacy (5)     chemist (3)     over the counter (1)     painkiller (1)     prescription (2)     filled (1)     advice (8)     support (25)     confidential (1)     contraception (2)     needle (2)     pregnancy test (1)     medicine (5)     weight (1)     diabetes (14)    

When to visit A&E

Last updated on Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) department or Emergency Department at hospital is for major, life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Major A&E departments offer access 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, although not every hospital has an A&E department. A&E departments assess and...

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Tag:   A&E (6)     emergency (12)     accident (5)     injury (5)     life threatening (1)     bleeding (2)     breathing difficulties (1)     chest pain (3)     unconsciousness (1)    

Help shape our future

Last updated on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

The past 12 months have seen a number of challenges for the NHS nationally and more locally here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH). We’ve made it really clear that we’re on a journey of improvement here at WUTH. In the space of just a few months, we’ve already started to lay some rea...

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