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Colonoscopy

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

A colonoscopy allows us to look inside the entire large intestine. The procedure enables our specialists to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers. It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum. It is also used to look for causes of unex...

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Elderly Services (DME)

Last updated on Thursday, June 13, 2024

What we do Our Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) includes elderly rehabilitation services, acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, as well as a regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. Over the past few years we have appointed new consultants in stroke medicine, orthogeriatrics, co...

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Use NHS 111 Online ahead of bank holiday and industrial action

Last updated on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Public urged to use NHS 111 Online ahead of bank holiday weekend and busy period of industrial action Health leaders are urging members of the public to use NHS 111 Online for non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend - with subsequent days of industrial action like...

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Safety Thermometer

Last updated on Thursday, April 19, 2018

On one day each month we check to see how many of our patients suffered harm whilst in our care. We call this the safety thermometer. The safety thermometer looks at four harms, in particular: pressure ulcers, falls, blood clots and urine infections for those patients who have a urinary catheter...

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We mark two-years since we became the UK’s first COVID-19 quarantine site

Last updated on Monday, January 31, 2022

Wirral University Teaching Hospital is marking two-years since it became the UK’s first quarantine site since 1978 at the start of the country’s COVID-19 journey. The Trust’s Chief Executive, Janelle Holmes, has paid tribute to the tremendous efforts of staff that has continued since those very...

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Home Oxygen Therapy

Last updated on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Home oxygen is prescribed for patients who have low levels of oxygen in the blood (hypoxia) which is a symptom of many lung conditions, some heart conditions and occasionally other more rare conditions.  The oxygen helps protect vital organs (for example, the heart, the kidneys, the brain, etc.)...

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Visiting suspended at Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Last updated on Friday, June 11, 2021

Wirral University Teaching Hospital has taken the difficult decision to suspend visiting at its hospitals. In recent weeks a pilot was underway to ease visiting restrictions on certain wards at Arrowe Park Hospital. However due to an increase in prevalence of COVID-19 in the Wirral community and...

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RCN Industrial Action 6th and 7th February

Last updated on Friday, February 3, 2023

There will be national industrial action carried out by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday 6th February and Tuesday, 7th February for 12 hours. This will involve strike action by RCN members at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. Patients and visitors may notice activity on our sites...

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