Welcome to Community Services Division news

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 
 

Our stories

  • Children in Care St Helens accredited as Excelling

    14 November 2025

    Congratulations to Children in Care St Helens who have been accredited by the Trust as an Excelling team. The team were rated Good Plus in all 5 key questions in their last two consecutive QRVs on 16 July 2024 and 3 July 2025 and have subsequently been recognised as Excelling by Divisional and Trust leads.

  • Message from Liverpool Clinical Laboratories

    10 November 2025

    There is a continuing intermittent issue with our Phadia analysers, which is affecting the dsDNA assay. We are also working to catch up on allergy testing. We apologise for any inconvenience and are trying to minimise disruption. If you have any concerns regarding affected samples, please contact Medelyn.Lapitan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk

  • New Service Launch: Autism Post Diagnosis Support for adults

    3 November 2025

    We’re pleased to confirm that we are expanding our service and are now delivering Autism Post Diagnosis Support Services across Halton and Warrington. A specialist support service for adults (18+) who have received an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) diagnosis.

  • Transcend open to direct referrals

    24 October 2025

    Our gender identity clinic (Transcend) will be open to direct referrals from Monday 27 October 2025.

  • Sefton Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service Achieves National Accreditation

    21 October 2025

    Well done and congratulations to the Sefton Pulmonary Rehabilitation service for achieving accreditation status.