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Alder Hey Secures Over £4m to Drive Innovation and Improve Children’s Healthcare

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is set to receive over £4million in funding to boost the Liverpool City Region’s position as a leader in children’s healthcare innovation.

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Hospitals in Liverpool launch a mobile health and research hub to bring research closer to Merseyside communities

A new mobile health and research hub that will make it easier for local communities in Merseyside to take part in health research has been launched by NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG).

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New charity-funded patient video launched to improve awareness of awake brain surgery

The Walton Centre has launched a new video charting the course of a complex surgical procedure to improve awareness and support patients undergoing brain tumour treatment.

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Innovative HIV Testing Expanded in Liverpool

HIV testing is set to increase across Liverpool’s hospitals, with “Opt-Out” testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.

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Unique pain programme helps elderly get back on their feet

There have been a number of points in Sheila Longo’s life where Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has reared its painful head. From severely damaging her wrist and lower arm in a canoeing accident in California in 1998, to seriously injuring her leg and ankle in Italy in 2015, CRPS has added delay and more pain to her recovery.

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NHS University Hospitals Liverpool Group named as one of 20 UK Commercial Research Delivery Centres

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) has been named as host for an NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre, which will bring cutting-edge commercial research to communities in Cheshire and Merseyside.

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State-of-the-art camera will improve patient experience

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the first hospital in the North West to become home to a new state-of-the-art nuclear medicine camera, which will improve the way we scan our patients.

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Liverpool City Council awards transformational public health service contracts

Liverpool City Council has today formally awarded two public health contracts that will support some of the city’s most vulnerable groups.

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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital successfully implants world’s first leadless dual chamber pacemaker

The world's first dual chamber leadless pacing technology is being introduced in hospitals across the UK, with staff based at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital among the first to roll-out the groundbreaking technology to treat complex cases of abnormal or slow heart rhythms.

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Clatterbridge cancer vaccine research enters new phase in UK first

The second phase of a ground-breaking cancer vaccine clinical trial is underway at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre with its recruitment of the first two patients in the UK into the next stage of the research study.

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£1.1m funding boost for research in Liverpool given to Alder Hey

Alder Hey has been awarded £1.1m from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to improve the delivery of research across Liverpool.

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Still time to share views on Liverpool’s hospital maternity and gynaecology services

The NHS is currently holding a six-week public engagement (15 October – 26 November 2024), giving people an opportunity to comment on the issues facing hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.

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Hospitals agree to join a Group model to develop long-term strategy for healthcare services in Liverpool

NHS Adult Acute and Specialist Providers agree to join a Group model to develop a long-term strategy for health care services in Liverpool

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Attend a listening event on hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool

The NHS is holding a six-week public engagement between 15 October and 26 November 2024, giving people an opportunity to comment on the issues facing hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.

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Innovative trial aims to improve experience for patients with dementia

Liverpool University Hospitals Melo app trial

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NHS asks for views on hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool

A six-week public engagement has launched today (15 October 2024), giving people an opportunity to comment on the issues facing hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.

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Health Secretary Announces Liverpool Institute of Child Health and Wellbeing

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Attended Event During Visit to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

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Liverpool University Hospitals urology team in NHS first

Patients being treated for prostate cancer at LUHFT have become the first in the NHS to receive their surgery using the latest da Vinci robotic surgical system, the Single Port (SP).

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NHS sets out challenges for hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool

The NHS has published a case for change setting out the key risks facing hospital-based gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.

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NHS cancer centre co-develops the world’s first AI-based tool for specialist cervical cancer treatment

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool has partnered with Canadian software company Limbus AI* to trial and co-develop the world’s first commercial AI-based auto-contouring tool for a specialist cervical cancer treatment known as brachytherapy.

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Improved access to reproductive healthcare for Liverpool women

Thousands of women in Liverpool can now access more women’s health services in the community and closer to home.

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Liverpool launches £900k Community Champions Public Health programme

Liverpool City Council is proud to announce the funding of ten community organisations over the next three years as part of its new Community Champions programme.

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Best for Baby Too film premiere

A moving film which captured maternity experiences of six women in the asylum system received a rapturous ovation when it was showcased in Liverpool