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What You Can Do While You’re in Hospital
Last updated on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
What You Can Do While You’re in Hospital Do what feels safe for you and follow the advice of your care team. If you’re able to get out of bed Sit out of bed for meals whenever possible Get dressed each day in your usual clothes Walk to the bathroom with support if needed Take short walk...
read moreDrop Everything And Read (DEAR)
Last updated on Tuesday, August 26, 2025
What is "Drop Everything And Read?" The below video is 53 seconds long. Why read for 30 minutes? The Reading Agency has made extensive research on the topic of reading. The 2015 report on the benefits of reading and the 2024 state of the nation can be downloaded at the bottom of this page....
read moreWhat happens at the PR assessment?
Last updated on Saturday, February 24, 2018
The first assessment lasts for half an hour. A specialised physiotherapist will have a discussion with you and ask you questions about your condition, any relevant past medical history and talk about what medication you take (inhalers & tablets). Your resting oxygen reading and pulse will be...
read moreWhere can I find out about learning to lip read?
Last updated on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Lipreading classes are often known as ‘Managing Hearing Loss’ or ‘Speech reading’ classes. They are run either by Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA)-trained tutors, or by people not formally qualified but with a great deal of valuable lipreading and teaching experience. Clic...
read moreCelebrating International Women’s Day 2024
Last updated on Friday, March 8, 2024
In honour of International Women’s Day, we present this special booklet, a tribute to some of the remarkable women who have shaped our world here at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. What is International Women’s Day? Every year on March 8th, International Women’s Day serves as a global celeb...
read moreDeaf Awareness
Last updated on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Deaf Awareness We curated Deaf Awareness resource packs in our Trust in July 2023 for teams/departments to promote inclusivity and accessibility. The pack includes an array of resources such as instructional videos on basic British Sign Language (BSL) signs, training materials available online,...
read moreAdvanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course
Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Learning Outcomes After attending this course, you should be able to: Demonstrate the core principles of primary and secondary patient assessment Rapidly establish priorities in trauma patients Deliver care during the primary and secondary surveys Confidently practice a wide range of skill...
read moreImmediate Life Support (ILS) course
Last updated on Friday, November 22, 2019
e-ILS - Immediate Life Support e-learning The Resuscitation Council (UK) Immediate Life Support (ILS) course was launched in 2002. It was developed in response to a demand from healthcare professionals who may have to act as first responders and treat patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival...
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