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Wirral University Teaching Hospital celebrates positive feedback in national cancer patient survey
Last updated on Thursday, August 21, 2025
Patients receiving cancer care at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) have praised the care they received, with the Trust scoring above the national average in several key areas in the latest National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES). The 2024 survey, which captures the experie...
read moreDisability (including Learning Disability)
Last updated on Wednesday, September 24, 2025
WUTH is committed to supporting staff and patients with a disability or long-term health condition and has signed up to the Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. Further details for the scheme can be found on the links provided. WUTH is committed to ensuring staff with disabilities and long-...
read moreTrust Structure
Last updated on Friday, September 2, 2022
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 moreBoy unable to walk now golfing thanks to WUTH staff
Last updated on Thursday, February 2, 2023
A five-year-old boy left unable to walk due to arthritis recovered thanks to staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and has returned to competitive golf. Talented young golfer, Bobby Harry, from Bebington, was left unable to walk and in extreme pain last summer after developing a form of j...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital wins Research Award in collaboration with Marine Lake Medical Practice
Last updated on Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has won a North West Coast Research and Innovation Award with primary care partner, Marine Lake Medical Practice. This is the first collaboration locally on the Wirral, between primary and secondary care, to deliver research. The award was given in the...
read moreMajor Neonatal Unit Refurbishment Underway Thanks to WUTH Charity’s £1.1 Million Tiny Stars Appeal
Last updated on Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The transformation of Arrowe Park Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is now underway, made possible by the incredible generosity of supporters who helped WUTH Charity raise £1.1 million through its Tiny Stars Appeal. Launched in 2019, Tiny Stars was the charity’s first major fundraising app...
read moreSupportive 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 moreWirral University Teaching Hospital’s £2 million Da Vinci Xi Robot to benefit patients by reducing waiting times for planned elective and cancer patient surgery
Last updated on Tuesday, May 23, 2023
A state-of-the-art £2 million Da Vinci robot has been installed at the Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital, allowing more patients to be treated, including those with cancer. The new robot will be used in a range of elective surgical planned procedures including can...
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