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Care Standards
Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the government body which regulates all health and social care providers. As an NHS Trust we are required to meet the CQC’s ‘Essential Standards of Quality and Safety’. These are a set of 16 regulations which define what patients should expect to experience w...
read moreAcute Oncology
Last updated on Thursday, April 6, 2023
The Acute Oncology Team (AOT) ensures that cancer patients who are admitted to our hospital have optimal management of their treatment, or cancer related complication, with timely discharge and onward referral to oncology/palliative care services. If a patient presents with a new cancer diagnosi...
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 moreCovid/System Pressures
Last updated on Monday, January 10, 2022
Monday 10 January 2022 All NHS services are currently under severe pressure. Clear and transparent communication is required to inform the public of the challenges that the NHS is facing and the likely impact on care giving, as well as the processes in place to ensure safety while prioritising t...
read moreClatterbridge Diagnostic Centre welcomes its 25,000th patient
Last updated on Monday, August 1, 2022
More than 25,000 people have now benefited from faster access to vital diagnostic tests and scans thanks to Clatterbridge Diagnostics, a new NHS community diagnostic centre in Wirral. Paul Cotgrave, from Birkenhead, was the 25,000th person to be seen at Clatterbridge Diagnostics, which achieved...
read moreMum of twins born on separate months is fundraising for Tiny Stars
Last updated on Wednesday, October 26, 2022
A mum whose twins were born on separate months has backed the WUTH Charity Tiny Stars appeal to help other premature babies. Hayley Burgess, 34, of Prenton in Wirral, gave birth to her babies Charlie and Layla nine weeks early and are being cared for at the neonatal unit at Wirral Women and Chil...
read moreNational Medical Director Prof Sir Stephen Powis visits Cheshire and Merseyside
Last updated on Tuesday, June 27, 2023
National Medical Director Prof Sir Stephen Powis visited Cheshire and Merseyside to find out how innovations are helping to improve health outcomes for local patients. Prof Powis, who became a household name during the COVID-19 response when he appeared alongside politicians and fellow health le...
read moreSmoking in pregnancy
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
About The study is testing whether some new ways of using Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) could help women to stop smoking and could improve women’s and babies’ health. Who can take part Pregnant person who is less than 25 weeks pregnant Smoke 5 or more cigarettes a day Don’t vape...
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