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Physical activity
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
Adults who exercise are more likely to have health and brain benefits. Some exercise is better than none, but the recommendations are to be active daily with at least 2 ½ hours of moderate exercise in bouts of 10 minutes of more. An example of this would be to undertake 30 minutes 5 days a week...
read moreInfections
Last updated on Monday, October 5, 2020
MRSA swabs All patients are screened for MRSA bacteria (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) as routine. A nasal and groin swab will be taken by the assessment nurse and sent to the laboratory. You will only be contacted by the hospital if your results are positive for MRSA. This contact...
read moreHealthcare options in Wirral for Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2021
Last updated on Friday, April 30, 2021
Healthcare options in Wirral for Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2021 If you’re feeling unwell over the bank holiday and need urgent advice or treatment from a health professional, there are a number of healthcare options available. Health information and advice The best place to get accurate health...
read moreWUTH Supports Learning Disability Community During Awareness Week
Last updated on Friday, June 27, 2025
To mark Learning Disability Awareness Week (16th to 22nd June 2025), Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) joined forces with local charity Wirral Mencap and other local organisations to raise awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with a learning disability and their carers – whet...
read moreInvitation Schedule
Last updated on Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Practice Name Approx. date next due to be screened Holmlands Medical Centre 16-20 Holmlands Drive, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 0TX DECEMBER 2025 Prenton Medical Centre 516-518 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 9BP JANUARY 2026 Upton Village Surge...
read moreSedation
Last updated on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Intravenous sedation is the most common form of sedation and is the use of drugs through a cannula in a vein (a drip) to make you feel less anxious and it will often make you drowsy or sleepy. The drugs may actually make you sleep and the drugs can make you forget what has happened. Other ways of...
read moreMeet the Chair
Last updated on Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Tell us about yourself: My nursing career began as a Staff Nurse on Ward 17 (Colorectal) at WUTH in 2001 and following a brief period at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, I returned to WUTH as a Primary Nurse and was later seconded to the role of Project Nurse with the Monitor 2000 Audit team u...
read moreTrust Announced as HSJ Patient Safety Awards Finalists
Last updated on Friday, June 23, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital has been shortlisted for a HSJ Patient Safety Award for a project helping adults with autism who are undergoing elective surgery. The Trust has been shortlisted in the Learning Disabilities Initiative of the Year category of the awards for its Supporting Treat...
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