About Us
NHS Wirral is based at:
Tel: 0151 651 0011 Tel: 0151 643 5300
Fax: 0151 652 2668 Fax: 0151 643 5301
E-Mail: intouch@wirral.nhs.uk
Website: www.wirral.nhs.uk
NHS Wirral has a resident population of more than 330,000 people.
The PCT area covers the following Wards:
Birkenhead, Bidston, Leasowe, Claughton, Moreton, Upton, Oxton, Tranmere, Egerton, Prenton, Wallasey, New Brighton, Liscard, Seacombe, Bebington, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Eastham, Heswall, Hoylake and Meols, West Kirby and Thurstaston, Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Pensby and Thingwall
NHS Wirral was established on 1 October 2006.
We have in excess of 1,800 permanently employed staff excluding bank staff and independent contractor staff.
We have an annual budget for 2008/09 of £547 million of which:
- £355 million was spent on Hospital and Other Commissioned Services
- £46 million was spent on Community Services (e.g. Nursing and
Therapy Services)
- £58 million was spent on Primary Care Prescribing
- £69 million on Primary Care Services (including Dental)
- £16 million on Corporate Services.
We are responsible for the support and development of:
- 62 GP Practices
- 50 Dental Practices
- 33 Ophthalmic premises
- 86 Pharmacies
We provide a wide range of services:
- PCT Dental Services
- Community Equipment Service
- Community Therapy Services (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy)
- Community Matrons
- Community Night Nursing Services
- Community Nursing Teams
- Integrated Continence Service
- Community Nutrition and Dietetics
- GP Emergency Out of Hours Services
- Health Visiting Teams
- Integrated Community Discharge Team
- Long Term Care Team
- Medicines Management
- Nurse Visitor for the Older Person Teams (integrated with Community Matrons)
- Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialists
- Podiatry
- Primary Care Mental Health Team
- Professional Development Nurses
- Relief of Carers Team
- Relief Community Nursing Team
- Safeguarding Service
- Social Services Liaison Nurse
- Specialist Palliative Care Team
- Speech and Language Therapy Service
- Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist Team
- Walk-in Centre at Victoria Central Hospital and All Day Health Centre at Arrowe Park
- Wheelchair Services
- Wirral Intermediate Services
- Wirral Heart Support
- Women’s and Sexual Health Services
- Health and Well-Being Services
Those services that we do not provide ourselves, we commission from other organisations, for example, acute hospital services and mental health services.
For further information go to:
NHS Choices or the Department of Health