About Us
About the Trust
The Trust has been recognised by numerous national awards in areas including Dermatology, Dementia, Patient experience, Patient safety, scientific innovation and Staff engagement.
As Wirral’s largest employer, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the thriving heart of the local community. Comprising Wirral’s only Emergency Department, it is one of the biggest and busiest acute NHS trusts in the North West.
It was formed under the provisions of the Health and Social Care (Community Care and Standards) Act 2003 (consolidated in the National Health Service Act 2006). The Trust received its Terms of Authorisation on 1st July 2007 which were superseded by a Licence from the regulator in April 2013.
The status of foundation trust (FT) enables us to:
- provide and develop healthcare according to the core NHS principles of free care based on need and not ability to pay
- have greater freedom to decide our own strategy and the way we run our services
- retain any financial surplus at the end of the year to reinvest in services and care provision.
We are accountable to our local community through our public members and governors, to commissioners through contracts, to NHS England and to Parliament. Our workforce of over 6,000 staff serves a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider north-west.
Our locations
The Trust operates from two main sites:
- Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton – delivering a full range of emergency (adults and children) and acute services for adults in the main hospital building. The Wirral Women’s and Children’s Hospital provides maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, children’s inpatient, day case andoutpatient units.
- Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebington – undertaking planned surgical services, dermatology services, breast care and specialist stroke and neuro rehabilitation services.
Outpatient services are provided from community locations including:
- St Catherine’s Health Centre, Birkenhead – providing x-ray, community paediatric services, paediatric audiology and a range of outpatient clinics.
- Victoria Central Health Centre, Wallasey – providing x-ray, some outpatient services and
antenatal clinic. - GP practices, schools and children’s centres.
Our full range of services include:
- accident & emergency services for adults and children
- a diverse range of acute and non-acute specialties
- outpatient services
- day surgery services
- maternity including a midwifery led unit
- diagnostic and clinical support services
Specialist services including:
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- renal medicine
- dermatology
- orthopaedics (hip & knee revisions)
- ophthalmology (retinal)
- urology (cancer centre
- stroke (hyper-acute unit)
- gynaecology (advanced laparoscopic endometriosis centre)
- neonatal level 3 unit and
- Ronald McDonald House: charity home providing accommodation for parents of sick children and premature babies
Clinical work is complemented and supported by a comprehensive range of corporate services, which include, amongst others:
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- quality and safety
- corporate nursing and midwifery
- operations and performance
- strategy and partnerships
- finance and procurement
- human resources and organisational development
- information and IT services
- facilities and estates management.