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

  • Health and Wellbeing success on Eden Ward

    24 September 2025

    Service users and staff celebrated a brilliant, joyful…and pink education day on the women’s Eden Ward at our Rowan View medium secure site last week.

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  • Carol Shillitoe retires

    23 September 2025

    Carol began her career at Brockhall Hospital in 1978 as a nursing assistant and retires (again!) this week.

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  • Groundforce Chesterton

    13 August 2025

    Patients on the low secure female ward at Hollins Park have transformed an ever so slightly drab outdoor area into an oasis of colour and scents.

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  • Praise for Secure's Physical Health Team

    25 July 2025

    Centre for Perfect Care leads are thanking the Physical Health Team in Secure Care Division who have seen a massive boost to their National Early Warning (NEWS2) compliance score.

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  • Creativity takes centre stage at The Life Rooms Secure

    24 July 2025

    This summer’s Showcase event at Ashworth Hospital celebrated patient creativity through music, poetry, visual arts and performance, offering powerful insight into lived experience and recovery. From grunge guitar solos to heartfelt poems and vibrant tie-dye creations, each moment highlighted the therapeutic impact of creative expression in secure mental health settings.

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