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Collapsed Lung
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...
read moreCancer spread to armpit
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
ATNEC Study When breast cancer has spread to the armpit, extra treatment to the armpit (either surgery or radiotherapy) is usually given after chemotherapy, but this can have long-lasting side effects. This study aims to find out whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy that a person w...
read moreUrgent and Emergency Care Department Update
Last updated on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
ABOUT US Welcome to Arrowe Park Hospital, where we are transforming our urgent and emergency care facilities to serve you better. Our old building is undergoing a major upgrade, with a new extension and a modern interior design. This means more space, comfort, and convenience for you and your l...
read moreEmergency Department
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
In a life threatening emergency, phone 999 for an ambulance to take you straight to the Emergency Department (ED). The ED at Arrowe Park Hospital is for patients with major injuries, life threatening illnesses and urgent medial emergencies. Emergency services are very busy and you should only at...
read moreWhat is Tuberculosis (TB)?
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect any other organ or part of the body. There are two types of TB. Active TB and Latent TB. A person with ACTIVE TB will: Feel ill...
read moreWhat is a COPD exacerbation?
Last updated on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
An exacerbation is a flare up of COPD symptoms. The signs can include: Increased breathlessness (more than usual) Reduced walking distance Increase in coughing Changes in the amount/colour/thickness of phlegm Chest feeling tight New or increased wheeze If there two or more of these sy...
read moreDigital Heathcare Team is supporting nutrition at WUTH
Last updated on Thursday, June 23, 2022
The Digital Healthcare team (DHT) have always worked closely with dietitians and the wider Nutrition and Hydration Working Group to help support the care of our patients. The MUST assessment (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool) has been through several changes since it was introduced, with ea...
read moreCommunity fundraising mum gives back to Children’s Ward that cared for her family
Last updated on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
A Wirral mum whose children both needed neonatal care at Wirral University Teaching Hospital is giving back to the Children’s Ward that supported her family during some of the most challenging moments of her life. Kirsty Lewis, 36, from Wallasey, is a Women’s Health and Fitness Coach at Snap Fit...
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