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Smoking
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
Stopping smoking for just 4 weeks reduces your chance of getting a chest infection or wound infection and increases your chances of being able to get home sooner after your operation healthy and well. We know it isn’t an easy thing to do but there is help available. Look at the NHS choices webs...
read moreCough and deep breathing
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
A physiotherapist is going to show you some deep breathing exercises. Please pay attention and practice these 3 times a day before your operation. Participating in these exercises will reduce the chances of you getting a chest infection. After your operation you will have physiotherapy. Pleas...
read moreWhat is Orthotics?
Last updated on Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Orthotics is a service that provides devices called orthoses (also called braces and splints). These are given to help to prevent, correct or accommodate a deformity and/or improve function. This can be as a result of an injury, disorder or due to the way our bodies alter as we get older. Orthos...
read moreMedical Director offers advice during Junior Doctors’ Industrial Action
Last updated on Wednesday, June 14, 2023
During the Junior Doctors’ Industrial Action, members of the public are urged to use NHS 111 online if it’s not an emergency and to attend hospital appointments unless contacted otherwise. The British Medical Association has announced 72 hours of national industrial action taking place from 7am...
read moreHow to make or cancel an appointment
Last updated on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Please contact the Adult Audiology Department. Please note: We are a busy department, your call may be diverted to the Answer Machine. If your call is answered by the machine, please remember- Speak clearly and slowly ( Telephone connections are not always very clear ) Leave your Name, Add...
read moreSanta visits Arrowe Park Hospital on grotto bus
Last updated on Friday, December 16, 2022
Santa popped into Arrowe Park Hospital aboard his Stagecoach bus to drop off Christmas presents to the Children’s Ward. The Stagecoach bus has been transformed into a travelling grotto and has been visiting locations across Wirral in the run up to Christmas, raising funds for the WUTH Charity’s...
read moreCOVID-19 vaccinations at antenatal clinics launched on World Patient Safety Day
Last updated on Wednesday, September 22, 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations are now available for everyone during pregnancy at their antenatal clinics at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. The new initiative was launched as part of the World Health Organisation’s World Patient Safety Day on Friday, 17th September, the focus of which was “safe mat...
read moreStrategy launch offering the best possible experience for patients
Last updated on Wednesday, May 11, 2022
A Patient Experience Strategy has been launched by Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust (WUTH) to ensure the best possible experience and outcomes for patients. Tracy Fennell, appointed Chief Nurse at the Trust in March 2022, is leading on patient experience and one of her first priorities...
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