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How To Halve Your Risk of a Heart Attack In a Year

Last updated on Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Quitting smoking can dramatically improve your health, with one of the most significant benefits being a 50% reduction in your risk of a heart attack after just one year. As Dylan Edwards, a senior clinician, and Smoke Free Strategic Lead for Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) said: “The...

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Tag:   smoking (4)     quitting (1)     health (12)    

Patient Portal

Last updated on Friday, August 16, 2024

Getting Started with the Portal    How do patients access the patient portal? Patients will receive invitations to join the Portal upon activity within their electronic patient records, which usually is an upcoming appointment, provided they have a registered mobile phone number. Registration...

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People urged to use 111 - ahead of Junior Doctor industrial action

Last updated on Friday, December 29, 2023

People across Cheshire and Merseyside are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors early in the New Year.  As previously announced by unions, junior doctors will take six days of industrial action from 7am on Wednesday 3 Janua...

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Respiratory consultant leads by example on Cycle to Work Day

Last updated on Monday, August 4, 2025

A respiratory consultant at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is encouraging people to get on their bikes for Cycle to Work Day. Dr Andy Wight, Consultant Respiratory Physician in the Wirral Lung Unit, thinks cycling is a great way for everyone, including patients and colleagues, to ach...

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The Accessible Information Standard

Last updated on Monday, May 22, 2023

The Accessible Information Standard (AIS) was introduced by the Government in 2016 to make sure that people with a disability or sensory loss are given information in a way they can understand. It is now the law for the NHS and adult social care services to comply with AIS. The Trust have been w...

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Tag:   accessibility (4)     disability (6)     access (5)     standard (1)     communicate (3)    

Meet the Teams

Last updated on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

There are currently 12 Cancer Specialities at WUTH which are spread between three divisions within the organisation. Each team has a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and some teams have Cancer Care Co-ordinators (CCC). Although roles vary across the Trust, all teams aim to provide a quality...

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Tag:   cancer (26)     oncology (4)     spcialisms (1)     tumour (4)     lump (4)     breast (11)     prostate (3)     bowel (6)     skin (9)     lung (10)     chemotherapy (5)     hospice (2)     radiation (1)     x-ray (11)     MRI (3)     scan (10)    

Survivor Thanks ED Team After Life-Saving Surgery

Last updated on Friday, February 14, 2025

A man whose life was saved by the emergency team at Arrowe Park Hospital has returned to personally thank the staff who carried out a rare and complex procedure to save him. Peter Murdoch visited the Emergency Department (ED) to express his heartfelt gratitude after surviving a life-threatening...

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Feedback, Compliments, Concerns and Complaints

Last updated on Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Patient Experience All feedback from our patients is useful to us. We want to continue to improve our services, and so knowing what you think of WUTH is really important to us. Maybe you’ve experienced really fantastic care or have some thoughts on how we might improve. The Patient Experience T...

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