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

  • Category: Trust wide support services

    Medicines Management team win HSJ award

    22 May 2026

    Congratulations to our Meds Management team for winning the prestigious HSJ award for Improving Medicines and Pharmacy through Digital. The team won the award for demonstrating a “system-wide approach to medicines optimisation, underpinned by strong strategic intent and effective use of data to prioritise clinical activity.” The judges added that the benefits of their approach “were grounded in operational reality and aligned with NHS delivery constraints, marking this out as a high-impact, scalable and strategically mature programme.”

  • Category: Trust news

    Community Connection Fair to bring people together in St Helens

    22 May 2026

    Residents across St Helens are invited to the first-ever Live Well Directory Community Connection Fair on 28 May 2026 at St Helens Parish Church. The free event will bring together more than 20 local organisations, charities and community groups, helping people find out about the wide range of support, wellbeing services, social opportunities and volunteering available across the borough.

  • Category: Secure Care

    MH Awareness Week in HMP Liverpool

    21 May 2026

    Our team inside the prison worked with staff from the site on a successful range of events to mark the recent Mental Health Awareness Week. They were praised by prison leads as being key players.

  • Category: Community Care

    Changes to Lymphoedema Service for housebound patients

    21 May 2026

    Following a recent review, the service will no see patients who are unable to attend clinic.

  • Category: Trust news

    Shavuot begins this evening

    21 May 2026

    Today marks the beginning of Shavuot, a significant Jewish festival that starts at sundown on 21 May and ends at nightfall on 23 May.