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Urgent 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...

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Tag:   UECUP (7)     Emergency and Urgent Care (1)     Building works (1)     New ED (1)    

Media Relations

Last updated on Friday, June 28, 2024

Media relations for the Trust is handled by the Communications and Marketing team.We try extremely hard to facilitate prompt and accurate responses to queries we receive from the media. Journalists (including photographers and film-makers) wishing to come on to any of the sites owned by Wirral U...

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Tag:   Media (1)     communications (3)     press (1)     enquiry (2)     PR (8)    

About the Safe Care We Provide

Last updated on Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Wirral University Teaching hospital is committed to being open and honest with the people who use our services, the wider public and our staff.  NHS organisations have a duty of care to patients’ to ensure nurse staffing levels are adequate and provided by appropriately qualified and experienced...

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Tag:   PROUD (2)     Respect (2)     Patient (3)     ownership (3)     unity (2)     dedication (2)    

Freedom of Information

Last updated on Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides any person with the right to obtain information held by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, subject to a number of exemptions. Under the Act, we are required to maintain and offer a range of information routinely published by the...

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Infection Prevention and Control

Last updated on Friday, June 22, 2018

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is everybody’s business within our hospitals. We have a strong commitment and dedication to protect our patients, visitors and staff from avoidable infection. We’re proud of our performance over the last few years in achieving significant reduction in infec...

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Tag:   infection (3)     prevention (2)     MRSA (3)     cDiff (2)     IPC (2)     Hygiene (1)     Clostridium difficile (1)     clean (1)     health (12)     soap (1)     antibacterial (1)     spread (1)     dirty (1)    

Taking part in research

Last updated on Friday, March 21, 2025

Research is vital in order to provide evidence to improve treatment for patients within our care. If your doctor is in agreement, you may be invited to participate whilst you are a patient at one of our hospitals.  Detailed information will be provided to enable you to make an informed decision...

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Dementia Care

Last updated on Monday, September 22, 2025

Our aim at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals is to continually improve dementia care and deliver outstanding compassionate, person-centred care. What is dementia? The term ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms that include loss of concentration and memory problems, mood and behaviour change...

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Tag:   dementia (4)     mind (3)     memory (1)     forget (3)     support (27)     families (3)     relative (1)     altzheimers (1)    

FAQs

Last updated on Wednesday, June 11, 2025

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)   What is the Pre-Operative Assessment (POA) Questionnaire? It’s a digital pre-operative questionnaire available in the patient portal, designed to help gather important health information ahead of your surgery.  Why should I complete it?  Co...

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