Community Care news

Later this year the region’s first Mother and Baby mental health unit, Seren Lodge will open for mums across Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales.

Mersey Care’s gender dysphoria service, formerly known as CMAGIC, has been re-named as ‘Transcend’ following extensive engagement and consultation with service users, patients and stakeholders.

A new form has been added to community EMIS org codes and can be used to refer into any of the SALT teams across the Community Care Division.

A research partnership called Arts for the Blues worked with young people and their families’ lived experiences and is a joint study of the use of creative therapies for those with symptoms of depression who use our children’s mental health service in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington.

After an extraordinary career spanning over four decades, the Telehealth team bids a fond farewell to Bernie Malone, Telehealth Nurse Advisor, as she embarks on a well deserved retirement.