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New NHS facility to support adults with additional needs who require surgery

People with additional needs, such as autism and ADHD who require surgery at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital will now have access to two new sensory rooms, which have been designed to improve the experience of care for these patients.

Richard Kemp CBE, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and Rosie Cooper, Mersey Care's chair (far right) with members of the Community Equipment Service

State-of-the-art community equipment site is unveiled in Liverpool

Richard Kemp CBE, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, has officially opened a new state of the art equipment site which aims to help residents and those registered with a GP in the city to remain independent and mobile in their own homes.

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Life-saving care being delivered for stroke patients from across Cheshire and Merseyside

Last week The Walton Centre in Liverpool hosted a visit from NHS England Medical Director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

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Mersey Care's Long Covid Service launches new exercise App for patients

Mersey Care’s Long COVID service has developed content for an online app to help speed up the recovery of patients suffering from the effects of the debilitating condition.

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Liverpool’s next three Family Hubs launched

Liverpool City Council has launched three further Family Hub networks.

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Cancer survivors’ lives set to improve through world’s biggest head and neck research study in Liverpool

Liverpool University Hospitals is collaborating with academics worldwide to change the lives of head and neck cancer survivors in the world’s largest head and neck clinical trial, called PATHOS.

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‘Game-changing’ new laser beam therapy for epileptic seizures comes to Cheshire and Merseyside

The Walton Centre will be one of two centres in the country commissioned to offer a “game-changing” new laser beam therapy next month to help reduce seizures for patients with epilepsy.

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Liverpool University Hospitals becomes first centre in Europe to use pioneering robotic-assisted surgical system for head and neck cancers

Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside have become the first in Europe to be offered pioneering robotic-assisted surgery for head and neck cancers with Intuitive’s da Vinci Single Port (SP) surgical system, thanks to a £1m donation from the Marina Dalglish Appeal.

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Alder Hey first in the world to perform Deep Brain Stimulation using pioneering new technology

Alder Hey Children's Hospital has recently performed Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) using a new advanced device to help treat dystonia.

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Update on women’s hospital services in Liverpool

James Sumner, Chair of the Women’s Hospital Services in Liverpool Programme Board, provides an update on the work to improve hospital maternity and gynaecology services in Liverpool.

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A multi-million-pound state-of-the-art cardiac facility has formally opened in Liverpool

The brand-new catheter laboratory development at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) will enable thousands of cardiology procedures to be carried out every year to benefit patients across Cheshire and Merseyside.

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Permanent Place Director for Liverpool appointed

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside can announce that Mark Bakewell has been appointed as Place Director for Liverpool on a permanent basis.

Alder Hey Children's Hospital emergency department staff

Emergency department ranked top in the North West thanks to new initiatives

Alder Hey Children's Hospital Paediatric Admissions Unit

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Urgent geriatric service treats elderly patients quicker, avoiding long A&E waits and freeing up capacity

Geriatric same-day emergency care (SDEC) service at the Royal Liverpool Hospital

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Liverpool Women’s and Liverpool University Hospitals appoint joint Chair

David Flory CBE has been appointed as joint Chair of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. He will start this joint role in March 2024.

LUHFT's Pancreas Team In Theatre With One Of The Trust’S Davinci Robots

Improving cancer care waits for patients

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Keeping patients out of hospital by treating them in the community

Integrated Community Reablement and Assessment Service (ICRAS)

Heart failure patient Colette Melia, 66

Expanding the use of virtual wards to support heart failure patients in Liverpool

Heart failure NHS virtual wards in Liverpool

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Reducing pressure on urgent and emergency care services through urgent community response

Mersey Care's 2-Hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team

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Liverpool cancer patient urges people to attend lung health check

A Liverpool cancer patient who is now free of the disease is urging people to go for a lung check-up if they are offered one.

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Take a short survey to share your views on the future of Liverpool University Hospitals

Liverpool University Hospitals is asking for the views of its patients and the public to support the development of its new five-year strategy.

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Interim Place Director for Liverpool appointed

Mark Bakewell, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside’s Deputy Director of Finance, has been appointed as Place Director for Liverpool on an interim six-month basis

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Healthier Planet, Healthier People - NHS exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool

This February, visitors to the Museum of Liverpool will be able to see a collection of photos and film footage showcasing greener healthcare initiatives from across the region