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Pioneering Liverpool neighbourhood health model keeping people out of hospital wins national NHS Excellence Award

A Liverpool initiative has been named the national winner of the Neighbourhood Health Award at the NHS Excellence Awards 2026.

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NHS launches engagement on proposed changes to where high-risk and complex maternity and gynaecology care happens in Liverpool

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside has launched a six-week public engagement, running between 2 June and 14 July 2026, on where high-risk and complex gynaecology and maternity care happens in Liverpool.

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Liverpool launches new plan to strengthen dementia support across the city

Plans to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their families across the city have been unveiled by Liverpool City Council and its partners.

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Planning permission approved for next phase of Royal site redevelopment

Plans for the next phase of redevelopment on the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital site have been given the green light by Liverpool City Council.

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Liverpool Place shortlisted for NHS Excellence Awards

A Liverpool project that is preventing people’s conditions from worsening and keeping them out of hospital has been named a regional champion in the first-ever NHS Excellence Awards.

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Without that test my wife would have lost a husband, and my children would have lost their dad

A Liverpool dad has shared his story after a routine family trip to the optician and a chance conversation turned into a life-saving moment.

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Improving local health services for families with young children

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, is making changes to how health visiting services for children aged 0 to 5 are organised in Liverpool to ensure services are more connected to local communities across the city.

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NHS agrees next steps for women’s hospital services in Liverpool

At its meeting on 29 January 2026, the Board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside (ICB) agreed to progress with a proposal which will improve the safety of hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool in the medium term.

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State of the art mobile unit to bring breast screening to the communities of Liverpool

A new mobile unit has been launched to improve breast screening uptake among women in some of the hardest to reach areas of Liverpool. The project has been led by NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, which has introduced a state-of-the-art Mobile Breast Screening Unit to deliver breast screening services in the heart of the city, making it easier to access screening and improving health outcomes of local women.

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Free roadshows for Liverpool City Region residents to boost digital confidence

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, in partnership with the six local authorities, is hosting a series of FREE marketplace roadshow events designed to help residents build digital confidence, access resources, and discover further support through the Login LCR project.

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New service brings chemo to child patients in Cheshire and Merseyside

A new children’s cancer service has been launched for Merseyside and Cheshire, taking chemotherapy to patients’ homes, through funding from the Cancer Alliance. The North West Children’s Cancer Operational Delivery Network (ODN) and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have launched the new model of children’s cancer treatment, bringing chemotherapy and other care directly into the homes of patients.

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Share your experience of Section 117 aftercare

A survey and focus group are being carried out by Partners in Care and Health (PCH) to gather views on Section 117 aftercare.

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Pioneering digital service to increase access to preventative HIV medication

Liverpool’s axess sexual health service, part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group), is leading the way in HIV healthcare innovation by launching a new digital service that will deliver PrEP - a pill which reduces the risk of getting HIV by 99% when taken as prescribed - direct to patients.

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New support centre for Merseyside cancer patients set to go ahead

A £5m support centre for cancer patients in Liverpool has been given the green light. Planning permission has been granted for the Maggie’s centre on the site of the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital, next to the new Royal and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

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"Giving myself my own denosumab treatment is a marvellous idea" - the new pilot saving patients from hospital trips

A new pilot at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is making life simpler for patients who get denosumab injections to help strengthen and protect their bones during cancer treatment.

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New toolkit launches to support youngsters with SEND

Liverpool City Council has launched an improved way of supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

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Clatterbridge launches pioneering radiotherapy clinical trials

Clatterbridge has launched two innovative radiotherapy clinical trials aimed at improving treatment outcomes for cancer patients.

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Liverpool welcomes experts to tackle high rates of oral cancer

Experts in oral cancer from all over the world are coming to Liverpool this week to work on tackling this group of deadly diseases. The International Association of Oral Oncology, which is chaired by Liverpool surgeon Professor Richard Shaw, is hosting its annual conference at the ACC, and will welcome leading cancer doctors from as far afield as Australia and Brazil.

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Bringing together brain and mind: world-leading neuroscience centre launched

The Walton Centre, alongside The University of Liverpool, has launched the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research hub uniting brain and mind research to tackle urgent neurological, neurosurgical, psychiatric, and brain health challenges.

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Alder Hey Opens the First NHS Ketamine Clinic for Children and Young People in the UK

Alder Hey has opened a specialist clinic for children and young people with complications from ketamine use.

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Liverpool Leads the Way in Improving Sexual Health

Liverpool is marking a major public health milestone with a significant drop in sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates.

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Alder Hey named top performing children’s hospital

Alder Hey has recently been recognised as one of the top performing NHS trusts in England for seeing A&E patients within four hours.

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Clatterbridge Paddington Health Hub opens new outpatient centre

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has opened a new dedicated outpatient facility - known as Clatterbridge Paddington Health Hub - close to its main hospital in Liverpool and Edge Lane / Mount Vernon Road.

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First UK patient trials new therapy at Clatterbridge to tackle rare cancer-related disease

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is pioneering an experimental new therapy designed to tackle a debilitating disease that some cancer patients develop through life-saving treatment.

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Anfield man’s life changed thanks to breakthrough prostate treatment

The Urology team at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital is transforming the lives of men across the North West of England with a groundbreaking new treatment for a condition which affects more than a third of men aged over 50.