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Heartwarming Valentine’s movie night on Ward M1 for older patients
Last updated on Thursday, February 13, 2025
The staff at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) are hosting a special Valentine’s movie night for older patients on Ward M1 at Clatterbridge Hospital. The ward team has transformed the dining room into a dedicated ‘cinema-style’ room where a themed movie night, with Valentine’s decoratio...
read moreDME at Arrowe Park Hospital
Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Arrowe Park Hospital has acute Medicine for the Elderly beds on four wards and, in addition, a 26 bed Acute Stroke Unit. There are two general rehabilitation wards for older people consisting of a total of 40 to 43 beds, and an active Orthogeriatric Liaison Service. The department also hosts an e...
read morePRINCIPLE – Platform trial of Interventions against COVID-19 in older people
Last updated on Friday, January 15, 2021
PRINCIPLE is a nationwide clinical study from the University of Oxford to find COVID-19 treatments for the over 50’s that can be taken at home. We are looking for medicines that can help people with COVID-19 symptoms get better quickly and stop them needing to go to hospital. PRINCIPLE is still...
read moreElderly Services (DME)
Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025
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...
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 moreOur Population
Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025
About the WirralThe Wirral is a peninsula measuring approximately 15 miles long and 7 miles wide, making it one of the largest metropolitan boroughs in England with an estimated population of 320,200 (Census 2021). Demographic ProfileThe borough has a relatively higher proportion of older adults...
read moreInpatient
Last updated on Sunday, March 17, 2024
To give your feedback for a particular Inpatient Ward, please click on the Ward/Department name to be taken to the correct survey: 10 11 12 14 - Colorectal 17 - Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) 18 19 - Older Person Assessment Unit (OPAU) 20 21 22...
read moreVulnerable people to get urgent care at home
Last updated on Friday, December 20, 2024
Thousands of North West’s older and vulnerable people to get urgent care at home this winter Across the North West, thousands of older and frail patients will receive urgent treatment at home, as part of NHS plans to manage additional pressure this winter. Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams...
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