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Alcohol intake
Last updated on Thursday, February 21, 2019
Drinking alcohol affects your body’s ability to fight infection, stop bleeding and heal wounds/ prevent wound breakdown. It is therefore very important to cut down or stop drinking before surgery. Stopping for just 2 weeks pre-operatively will improve your body’s response to surgery. Stopping...
read moreOutstanding Outcomes In WUTHs Maternity Services
Last updated on Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has achieved significant milestones in its commitment to safe and high-quality maternity services. A new report highlights the positive outcomes of the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) and the progress made by WUTH’s maternity services at Wirral Women...
read morePatient 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...
read moreNew dialysis ward opens at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Last updated on Wednesday, January 4, 2023
A £2.8 million investment has created a new space for the treatment of dialysis at Wirral University Treatment Hospital to transform patient care. The new Dialysis Unit has been relocated and upgraded with new ward spaces, side rooms, and waiting areas, improving patient experience. Dialysis is...
read moreInternational Nurses Day celebration - 50 new nurses from across the world join Trust
Last updated on Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) is celebrating International Nurses Day (12th May) and the Trust has recently recruited more than 50 Registered Nurses from across the world. A huge recruitment drive to strengthen the nursing team at the Trust has resulted in nurses travelling from as...
read moreWUTH Consultant Overcomes Surgery to Take on First Ironman Triathlon
Last updated on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
A consultant at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), is preparing to take on one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges—her first-ever Ironman Triathlon. This remarkable endeavour comes on the heels of major surgery and a serious cycling accident. Dr Anne Noglik, 55, will compete in...
read moreRace Equality Week - Spotlight on multiculural colleagues
Last updated on Monday, March 4, 2024
For #RaceEqualityWeek in February 2024 we shone a spotlight on some of our fantastic staff from diverse heritages, cultures and backgrounds. LINUJI THOMAS Meet Linuji Thomas, Divisional Nurse Director. She is our most senior nurse of non-white-British background...
read moreSurvivor 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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