Our Services
New equipment site is unveiled in Liverpool by Lord Mayor
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.
The new site at Mersey Reach, Dunnings Bridge Road, Bootle, is run by Mersey Care and will assist even more patients through the delivery, collection and maintenance of equipment.
Pictured above: Richard Kemp CBE, Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Rosie Cooper, Mersey Care's chair (far right) with members of the Community Equipment Service.
This will, in turn, help reduce hospital admissions and ease hospital discharges while the service anticipates they will be able to deliver over 40,000 items and collect over 35,000 items annually. Recycling rates are expected to improve, too, from an already impressive £3 million savings on equipment last year. Please visit our website for the full story.
More information on our PROSPECT partnership
Want to know more about how Mersey Care is working alongside partners to ensure patients are placed in the least restrictive and most appropriate placement? PROSPECT are the commissioners of the Cheshire and Merseyside adult secure mental health and learning disability service. The Board is led by Prof Joe Rafferty CBE and their latest service developments are set out here.
Changes to Knowsley Speech and Language Service
Following discussions with partners, we’re standardising clinical systems across community physical health services as part of our continued commitment to improve our digital infrastructure.
The change will mean a more joined up and holistic approach across physical health services for all clinicians with Knowsley Speech and Language Service migrated to EMIS on 22 July 2024. For more information please email: laura
Our Achievements
Cheshire and Merseyside Perinatal Service lands national award
The Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Service has been awarded the prestigious Perinatal Quality Network Accreditation (PQN) from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP).
The team was awarded the nationally recognised accreditation after completing an internal review where they rated their practices against the quality standards which included collecting feedback from: patients, partners, family members and staff via questionnaires. More information can be found on our website.
Addictions Team shortlisted for NHS Parliamentary Award 2024
Our Addictions Team in Liverpool has been shortlisted for an NHS Parliamentary Award 2024 in the Health Equalities category after being nominated by Dan Carden MP. The awards were created in 2018 to celebrate and recognise the outstanding contribution of staff, volunteers and others working in the health and care sector.
Our Addictions Team going into the final round of the awards is a particular achievement this year, with 318 MPs across England putting forward 918 nominations! Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 14 October 2024 when health care leaders, finalists and MPs will come together to celebrate the immense contribution which health care staff make to the NHS.
Our Research
New research study aims to enhance NHS staff health and wellbeing
Mersey Care has teamed up with design and engineering firm Concentrix Catalyst to launch an innovative new pilot study aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of NHS staff.
The study involves more than a hundred members of staff in both clinical and non-clinical roles testing a new app, using an Apple Watch and iPhone, for 90 days. More information can be found on our website.
Mental Health Mission visit Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC)
Tim Nicholls, Implementation Lead for the UK’s Mental Health Mission, has hailed the progress made by M-RIC, a collaboration between Mersey Care and the University of Liverpool, after a visit to the centre in Liverpool.
Pictured above: Tim Nicholls, Implementation Lead for the UK’s Mental Health Mission (centre), with the M-RIC team.
Mr Nicholls, who stepped into the lead role two months ago, said he was struck by M-RIC’s collaborative approach with service users and carers and by the vision of connecting service users, science and society.
“My visit has left me with optimism about the work being carried out by M-RIC and the other research centres involved in the Mental Health Mission and how we can change mental health services and develop new treatment options,” he said.
Get Involved
Look out for updated ZSA suicide awareness training!
Over the past few months, the ZSA has been working on updating and refreshing its original suicide awareness training and want to thank everyone who shared their feedback to help make improvements.
What's changing?
- Updated introductory information with facts, figures and suicide warning signs
- Improved look and functionality
- Newly scripted and filmed scenarios with a buddy to coach you through different types of conversations.
The updated training is available from 10 September (World Suicide Prevention Day) on the ZSA website training pages and replaces the original 20 minute training. You can find the training here.
This training update has been made possible by Mersey Cares (Mersey Care’s NHS Charity). Charity registration no (1191576); funded by NHS Charities Together.
NIHR Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme: Launching your research career
Calling nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in learning more about the Associate PI Scheme, a six month in work training opportunity providing practical experience for health and care professionals starting their research career. An event is being held on 19 November 2024 between 9.30am and 12.30pm online. More information is available on their website. Anyone interested in attending should complete this Expression of Interest Form.
Mersey Care’s Liverpool Cathedral abseil 2024!
We're thrilled to share that on 7 September, Mersey Care colleagues, volunteers and carers descended 150 feet past the West Door of the cathedral to raise valuable funds to bring projects to life across our mental health and community services.
If you’d like to support the team to get closer to our £5,000 target, you can share a donation here. We look forward to sharing photos of the event and how it went next month.
MC Magazine out now!
MC Magazine’s summer issue features:
- Schizophrenia - an expert asks why are we scared?
- It seems yoga is better for men and weights for women - are we getting exercise all wrong?
- Met the young people bonding with skunks and millipedes
- Dip into the world of wild swimming and hear inspiring success stories from Mersey Care’s Pain Management Clinic.
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