Latest blogs

  • Date published: 12 June 2023

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE writes his latest blog on the exciting developments ahead for the first ever Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre to be based in Liverpool.

  • Date published: 12 May 2023

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE writes his latest blog on the excitement of Eurovision in Liverpool and the impact it has had on health services and marks Mental Health Awareness Week by highlighting the different Zero Suicide Alliance training packages.

  • Date published: 3 April 2023

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE examines our data for most of the winter period in his latest blog to underline the real value of our community services to the wider NHS health system.

  • Date published: 20 January 2023

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE writes his first blog of 2023 about the pressures on the NHS system this winter and how Mersey Care's services in mental and community care have used outstanding skill and dedication to help the wider health system.

  • Date published: 21 December 2022

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE writes his final blog of 2022, reflecting on another busy year for Mersey Care including a CQC inspection, the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing demands on the healthcare system.

  • Date published: 9 November 2022

    Chief Executive Prof Joe Rafferty CBE writes his latest blog on the recent shocking footage in two TV documentaries about inpatient mental health and how Mersey Care have responded since.