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Here, you will find all of the latest news around the Community Services Division, submitted by you. 

If you have any news you would like to share, please email the communications team with your story and pictures if available: communications@merseycare.nhs.uk 
 

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  • Perinatal Awareness Training Session

    2 March 2026

    There are new dates for the Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Training for Urgent Care Services in Cheshire and Mersey: These sessions are for anyone working in Urgent Mental Health Care Services (e.g. Crisis Line, First Response, Home Treatment, Liaison Psychiatry, etc) in Cheshire, Knowsley, Halton, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and Wirral.

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  • Delays in Immunology Allergy results - Analyser now fully operational

    2 March 2026

    We are sending our apologies for the delays to allergy results throughout February. These were caused by intermittent analyser faults. The analyser is now fully operational, and our recovery plan is underway. We expect to clear the backlog within the next week.

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  • New study shows powerful results for women after birth trauma

    27 February 2026

    A paper by Katie Fox, Rebecca Griffiths Harte, Allison Pilling and Rebecca Hunter from our Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS) shows our trauma focused MMHS group significantly reduces psychological distress and birth related PTSD symptoms. The evaluation was published in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology on 26 February 2026.

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  • Further services move EMIS Orgs

    24 February 2026

    Southport and Formby Pain Management service will be moving from EMIS Org 141137.

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  • Telehealth System Migration

    18 February 2026

    We are moving our Telehealth remote monitoring system from Docobo to Graphnet (powered by Luscii) to enhance patient care

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