Welcome to Secure and Specialist Learning Disability (SSpLD) division news

Here you will find all of the latest news around the SSpLD 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

  • Our brilliant bug hotel

    9 April 2025

    Local volunteers joined Trust staff to develop a patient garden and install a bug hotel at our new LD ward in Warrington.

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  • The Space Between the Sounds

    3 April 2025

    The Life Rooms team at Ashworth Hospital partnered with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic musicians to explore silence, improvisation, and nocturnes. Highlights included a piece inspired by Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” and a patient-composed nocturne. This project showcased the therapeutic power of music, fostering self-expression, active listening, and emotional connection.

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  • Divisional Director Appointed

    31 March 2025

    The new Divisional Director for Secure Services has been announced. Mark Latham will succeed to the post on the retirement of Steve Newton.

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  • Aspen Wood celebrates first birthday

    27 March 2025

    Our low secure site in Maghull opened to patients a year ago. Service users and staff enjoyed a special celebration.

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  • Learning Disabilities and Autism bulletin

    14 March 2025

    The latest Learning Disabilities and Autism bulletin is ready for you to read.

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