Welcome to Trust wide news 

Here, you will find all of the latest news around the Trust which applies to all staff. 

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

  • World Immunisation Week: what’s on and how to get involved

    20 April 2026

    World Immunisation Week is taking place from the 24 to 30 April, shining a light on the vital role vaccines play in protecting health and saving lives.

  • Category: Community Care

    Wound and pressure care training now available

    28 April 2026

    The Tissue Viability Team are pleased to confirm that the wound and pressure care training programme, along with a three yearly refresher via E-Learning, has been approved for Band 3 and 4 staff in community care division.

  • Category: Secure Care

    High Secure: Listening, acting, improving

    28 April 2026

    Staff voices are shaping real change across High Secure Services. Using a “You Said, We Did” approach, improvements to staffing facilities and wellbeing are already underway – benefiting both staff and patient care.

  • Category: Trust wide support services

    Secondment opportunity: Senior Clinical Nurse, Urgent Treatment Centres and Walk-in Centres

    27 April 2026

    We are inviting expressions of interest for a Senior Clinical Nurse secondment within Urgent Treatment Centres and Walk-in Centres (UTC/WICs). This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse to further develop clinical quality, leadership, and governance skills, supporting high quality care across our urgent care services.

  • Category: Community Care

    New specialist eating disorder inpatient unit for young people opens

    27 April 2026

    Sapphire Ward is based at Ancora House at the Countess of Chester Health Park provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Category: Trust wide support services

    World Hand Hygiene Day - 5 May

    27 April 2026

    5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day: all Mersey Care staff play a vital role in supporting World Hand Hygiene Day and reinforcing a culture of safety across our services. Small, consistent actions make a significant difference in protecting the people we care for and one another.