Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC)
WCHC is a population health focused NHS organisation specialising in supporting people to live independent and healthy lives. Our headquarter is located in Wirral in North West England.
Rated Good with areas of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2023, we play a key role in the local health and social care economy as a high-performing organisation with an excellent clinical reputation. Our vision recognises the important role we play in delivering integrated care with partners in the local health economy.
Our expert teams provide a diverse range of community health care services, seeing and treating people through all stages of their lives both at home and close to home, ensuring essential care continues to be delivered, and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
We currently employ over 1,800 members of staff, nearly 90% of whom are directly supporting our patients and service users. Our services are local and community-based provided from over 60 sites across Wirral, Cheshire, St Helens and Knowsley.
Useful links for WCHC
- Meet the Board
- Council of Governors
- Five Year Organisational Strategy (2022-2027)
- Our supporting Strategies, Quality, Inclusion, People and Digital.
- Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH)
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) serves a population of 400,000 and is one of the biggest and busiest acute NHS trusts in the North West, employing more than 6,000 staff.
It runs three hospitals including Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital and Clatterbridge Hospital, with the aim of delivering the highest quality care for every patient. The Trust runs Wirral’s only Emergency Department, at Arrowe Park Hospital and provides a high quality range of acute care services.
As a teaching hospital it is renowned as a leader in the region for high quality education and training for a wide range of staff including doctors, nurses, and other clinicians. We are proud of our teaching hospital status, and we work closely with The University of Liverpool, University of Chester and Liverpool John Moores University to ensure staff and services reflect the very best clinical practice available.
Useful links for WUTH
