Trust news

Last year NHS Cheshire and Merseyside launched a two year Dental Improvement Plan to help tackle some of the challenges currently facing NHS dental care, a review of the plan can be found below.

Irish heritage is deeply rooted in Liverpool and the North West, with 31% of those over 65 identifying as White Irish in Liverpool (ONS 2021). Ahead of St Patrick’s Day, a webinar on 13 March from 10am to 1pm which will focus on raising awareness about Irish Traveller communities and the work of Irish Community Care (ICC).

We’d like to celebrate the news of our wonderful FOI (Freedom of Information) Team, Gio Cerisola (Information Access Manager), Anne Massam and Hannah Smyth (Freedom of Information Officers), recently winning the eCase FOI Team of the Year 2025 Award. The team provides support to the Trust (Mersey Care) and IM.

This year our Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes place in June and we’re looking for teams and individuals across the Trust to join us!

The 0-5 teams already work with Book Start to distribute books to families, at key stages in a child's development. We are today launching a story telling pilot study funded through the Child Health Equity Collaborative and Dolly Parten’s Imagination library. Children on the pilot will receive a book a month for the next three years and parents/carers will be supported to understand how important books and storytelling are for their infant; how even starting to read to your baby in utero can support their brain development.