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Statutory Mental Health Act forms must be completed on Thalamos (for services using Rio only)
19 September 2024
Mersey Care has successfully transitioned which means that statutory Mental Health Act forms must be completed using Thalamos for those Trust services who use Rio.
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Congratulations to our Mental Health Triage and Response Team on winning the new Seni Lewis HSJ Patient Safety Award
19 September 2024
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Norway visitors to our mental health services
13 September 2024
Mental Health Care Division hosted clinicians from Norway over two days to look at advances in practice for early intervention and urgent care.
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Changes to mental health emergency and urgent referrals
9 September 2024
We’ve changed the way mental health emergency and urgent referrals are received from GPs in St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington and Halton. In the event of a very urgent referral (up to four hours), urgent referral (up to 24 hours), or urgent response (up to 72 hours), please contact our First Response Service on 0800 051 1508 and press option 1. The team will log referral information and transfer to the most appropriate person for action.
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Important changes to Leigh Moss email address
30 August 2024
From Monday, 2 September leigh-moss.duty@merseycare.nhs.uk will no longer be active and Leigh Moss Community Hub will have three separate duty email addresses.
