[Skip to Content]
Wirral University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Results for: "short stay medical"

317 pages found in the Patients and Visitors website ...  Showing 317 pages.


Page results

Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre phase two

Last updated on Thursday, September 29, 2022

A further £14.95 million has been allocated to build two more elective theatres the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital. Wirral University Teaching Hospital was allocated £10.6 million of funding earlier this year from NHS England via Cheshire and Merseyside’s Integ...

read more

Public urged to use NHS 111 ahead of resident doctor strikes

Last updated on Tuesday, November 11, 2025

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors).  Unions have announced a full walkout of resident doctors from 7am on Friday 14 November to 7am on Wedn...

read more

Supportive and Palliative Care

Last updated on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

What is Supportive and Palliative Care? Supportive and Palliative Care focuses on assessing the needs of patients and those close to them, to make sure what matters most to them is our priority too. The aim of palliative care is to maximise a person’s quality of life by treating and relieving sy...

read more
Tag:   palliative (2)     end of life care (1)     dying matters (1)     death (2)     palliative care (1)     dying (1)     passing away (1)     terminal (1)    

Activity Boards

Last updated on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Activity Boards Stay Active with Your Ward Activity Board The ward activity board is here to help you: Stay mobile and stretch your muscles Keep your mind active Reduce boredom Meet and interact with other patients Ask your family or staff to show you the board when you...

read more

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...

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

Colposcopy Unit

Last updated on Monday, February 24, 2025

Colposcopy is a detailed examination of the cervix using a special microscope called a colposcope. It is required as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Program to investigate women who have had abnormal cervical smears and to help decide if treatment is needed. Most women who have an abnormal sm...

read more
Tag:   vaginoscopy (1)     vulvoscopy (1)     Colposcopy (2)     cervix (2)     vagina (3)     vulva (2)     biopsy (3)     screening (15)     gynae (2)     gynaecology (2)     smear (4)