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100,000th patient at Clatterbridge Diagnostics Centre
Last updated on Friday, April 5, 2024
A centre set up at Clatterbridge to reduce NHS waiting lists and increase capacity for earlier diagnosis has welcomed its 100,000th patient. Clatterbridge Diagnostics Centre was set up in July 2021 as a partnership between Wirral University Teaching Hospital and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre....
read morePre-term birth
Last updated on Tuesday, January 27, 2026
CLOSED TO RECRUITMENT What is this study about? Preterm birth (PTB) happens when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. About 10% of babies are born preterm worldwide. PTB can have a serious impact on the lives and health of children and families. Researchers have found specific genet...
read moreTell us what you think
Last updated on Thursday, February 19, 2026
The views of our patients are very important to us as it helps us understand how successful we are in delivering services that meet and exceed the expectations of patients, as well as their relatives and carers. We use feedback from patients to celebrate our strengths as well as understanding an...
read moreFine Motor Advice and Strategies
Last updated on Friday, March 13, 2026
What are Fine Motor Skills? Fine motor skills are the ability to make controlled and precise movements using the small muscles in our hands and wrists and involve the coordinated efforts of the brain, nervous system and muscles. Whilst these movements come so naturally to most people that we usu...
read moreCollapsed Lung
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital surgical team featured in a film for The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons
Last updated on Monday, May 15, 2023
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is proud to be involved in the relaunch of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, by taking part in a video showing an orthopaedic operation on an ankle joint, performed by a team led by Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Miss Gil...
read morePregnancy Counselling and Termination Service
Last updated on Monday, July 8, 2019
We provide a termination of pregnancy service, which includes advice to women who have not yet decided whether to continue their pregnancy. Whatever your decision about the pregnancy, we can link you in to local support services if required. Services Available We provide a medical termination...
read moreStress reduction techniques to help you manage pain
Last updated on Friday, June 6, 2025
Stress reduction techniques to help you manage pain Living with persistent pain can be very stressful at times. Stress is also one of the many things that can impact chronic pain. Often people report that their pain condition flares up or is made worse at a time of acute stress. This is normal a...
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