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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...
read moreDermatology Ward and Daycare Unit
Last updated on Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Most patients with skin conditions can be treated by themselves in the community with the advice and guidance of our specialist team. A proportion of patients with more severe skin conditions may require hospital-based treatments with creams which are difficult or messy to apply at home, or trea...
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 morePregnancy Counselling and Termination Service
Last updated on Monday, July 8, 2019
We provide a termination of pregnancy service, which includes advice to women who have not yet decided whether to continue their pregnancy. Whatever your decision about the pregnancy, we can link you in to local support services if required. Services Available We provide a medical termination...
read morePublic urged to be winter ready and well
Last updated on Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The Chief Medical Officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Trust is urging local people to be winter ready and well this year. Dr Nikki Stevenson encouraging people across Wirral to make their health a priority and take simple steps to prepare for t...
read moreRenal (Kidney)
Last updated on Monday, October 2, 2023
The team of specialist renal dietitians at Wirral University Teaching Hospital provide advice and support to patients, families, and carers about the effect of diet on renal symptoms. Diet is a very important part of the management for kidney disease. Healthy kidneys remove waste products and wa...
read moreNew Mobile Breast Screening Unit Opens in Ellesmere Port to Improve Access for Local Women
Last updated on Thursday, April 10, 2025
Women in Ellesmere Port now have better access to life-saving breast cancer screening closer to home, thanks to a 3-month pilot mobile unit funded by NHS England. The mobile breast screening unit, run by the Wirral and Chester Breast Screening Programme, is now based at Cheshire Oaks for the nex...
read moreWirral residents urged to contact NHS 111, visit a pharmacy or contact their GP if it’s not a health emergency
Last updated on Tuesday, January 12, 2021
The NHS on the Wirral is currently facing a huge demand for its services, with pressure being experienced across the entire system from GPs to the hospital Emergency Department, and local people are urged to consider the most appropriate options available for their health care. A large number...
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