Community Care news

Building Attachment and Bonds Service (BABS) Halton launch will be held on 19 November from 9.30am to 1pm.

Pat McKnight is retiring on 15 November 2024 after over 35 years working for the NHS. Pat has worked as a speech and language therapist and part of the children, young people and families leadership team in Knowsley for over 35 years, making a huge difference to the lives of children, their families and her colleagues during this time.

Find out more on YourSpace about the new Child and Young Persons Trauma Informed Care training and MUST for Community Services e-learning.

The Tissue Viability Nurses are arranging two further sessions on how to implement PURPOSE-T (Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool), which is available to all staff across the Trust. Tissue Viability Nurses will be discussing the changes and the roll out of the new pressure ulcer categories which involve the removal of the term ‘Deep Tissue Injury’ (DTI) and  ‘unstageable pressure ulcer’.