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Vulnerable people to get urgent care at home
Last updated on Friday, December 20, 2024
Thousands of North West’s older and vulnerable people to get urgent care at home this winter Across the North West, thousands of older and frail patients will receive urgent treatment at home, as part of NHS plans to manage additional pressure this winter. Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams...
read moreYoung dancer shares her dream for Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2025
Last updated on Monday, March 3, 2025
A young dancer patient of Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has spoken about her personal story of living with lymphoedema as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3rd to 7th March 2025). Rachael Boggiano, age 24, has been living with the symptoms of lymphoedema, a long-term condition whi...
read moreFrom conflict zones to clinical care - how military life prepared James for the NHS
Last updated on Friday, June 26, 2026
From photographing military operations across the world to leading a specialist healthcare service at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), James Elmer’s career has taken him from one unique environment to another. Now Chief Medical Photographer at WUTH, James has spent the last 14 years s...
read moreTrust Structure
Last updated on Tuesday, July 14, 2026
We are one of the largest and busiest acute trusts in the North West of England. NHS Foundation Trust status was given to us on July 1st 2007. This enables us to: Provide and develop healthcare according to the core NHS principles of free care based on need and not ability to pay Have greate...
read moreInternational Clinical Trials Day - May 2026
Last updated on Thursday, May 21, 2026
Celebrating Clinical Trials Day: Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future of Healthcare Every year on 20th May, the world comes together to celebrate Clinical Trials Day—a day dedicated to honouring the researchers, healthcare professionals, and participants who make ground-breaking medical advanc...
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 moreStroke Services
Last updated on Monday, February 9, 2026
A stroke is a serious, life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Blood carries essential nutrients and oxygen to the brain and without a blood supply, brain cells can be damaged or destroyed. Strokes are a medical emergency and urgent t...
read moreOphthalmology (Eyes)
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
Ophthalmology is the medical and surgical management of conditions of the eye. Our department offers general ophthalmic services treating all common conditions and also runs a number specialist services. These include: Cataract Glaucoma Age-related macular degeneration Diabetic eye disease...
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