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Healthcare options in Wirral for Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2021
Last updated on Friday, April 30, 2021
Healthcare options in Wirral for Bank Holiday Monday 3 May 2021 If you’re feeling unwell over the bank holiday and need urgent advice or treatment from a health professional, there are a number of healthcare options available. Health information and advice The best place to get accurate health...
read moreWirral University Teaching Hospital Joins Forces to Save Lives on World Blood Cancer Day
Last updated on Friday, August 2, 2024
Staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital volunteered to become stem cell matches to help save lives as part of World Cancer Day. A large-scale stem cell swabbing event was held by the Trust on 28 May, in collaboration with cancer charity DKMS and Tilbury Douglas, the contractors developing t...
read moreAssistant and Trainee Assistant Practitioners
Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018
An Assistant Practitioner (AP) is a health and social care worker who delivers health and social care to patients with a level of knowledge and skill beyond that of the traditional healthcare assistant or support worker. They are qualified to deliver elements of health and social care and underta...
read moreNew diagnostics service in Wirral to boost access to care
Last updated on Monday, November 22, 2021
Patients across Wirral are benefiting from earlier diagnostic testing thanks to national investment in a new service called Clatterbridge Diagnostics. This is one of the first Community Diagnostic Centres in England that are being established as part of a national programme aimed at increasing d...
read moreWirral Perinatal Pelvic Health Service
Last updated on Thursday, July 11, 2024
It is common in pregnancy and throughout the postnatal period to experience symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction. This can include: urinary or bladder leakage (known as incontinence), trouble controlling wind, painful / difficult intercourse, or pelvic organ prolapse. Whilst it is common, it is...
read moreSue Browne, Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Last updated on Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Sue Browne is Diabetes Specialist Nurse and a member of the Trust’s Sunflower Network which supports staff with disabilities. She said: “After having some struggles as a teenager I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD as an adult.” She started working at the Trust as a student nurse during COVID...
read moreMyeloid Leukaemia
Last updated on Wednesday, December 4, 2024
PROPEL What is the study about? Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts (MDS-EB2) is extremely challenging and patients often feel very tired (fatigued) have low mood, poor nutrition and be unable to do any exercise. Programmes that help pa...
read moreTreatment of lymphoedema
Last updated on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Unfortunately, there is no known cure for lymphoedema, and treatment varies depending on the severity. Treatment plans will be individually devised and may consist of: skin care, exercise, Simple lymphatic drainage/manual lymphatic drainage, a specialist technique to help with lymph drainage,...
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