10 March 2022

Dear All,

As you know, we’re rolling out hybrid working (a mixture of home and office working) where appropriate, for those based at V7 and Hollins Park House. In response to the changing situation with COVID-19, the Executive team feels that staff can now return to work from these buildings in limited numbers. The reasons for limiting are:

  1. The continuing need for safe distancing on all Trust sites
  2. A desire to avoid staff undergoing significant changes to their working arrangements twice (now, and during the future roll out of hybrid working).

Staff should only work from these buildings with the permission of line managers to ensure that numbers of staff do not exceed limits. Managers will consider which tasks should be undertaken on site. For example, if team members are regularly joining Teams meetings on their laptops, it’s more appropriate for them to work from home than to use a meeting room or an open plan office. 

V7 building

Each team whose base is V7 has been allocated a number of desks for staff to use and managers are aware of these numbers. NB. staff using meeting rooms will not be counted toward this total if they are not also using desks. While safe distancing remains in place, anyone wishing to book one of the larger meeting rooms on the ground floor will need to do so via V7.Reception@merseycare.nhs.uk

Hollins Park House

As a guide, each team should not have more than 20% of staff whose base is Hollins Park House using desks at any one time. Exceptions will be made where staff have been working on site throughout the pandemic. NB. staff using meeting rooms will not be counted toward this total if they are not also using desks.

A clear desk policy is in place at V7 and Hollins Park House must have the same to facilitate future staff moves. All staff must clear their team areas – dispose of unwanted items, take home personal items and scan or shred files which do not need to remain in paper form, by 18 March 2022. Please also remove all personal items from desks at the end of each day to facilitate hot desking by other staff members.

If you have any questions or issues, please speak to your manager in the first instance.

Best wishes, 

Chris Lyons

Director of Strategic Programmes & Development

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