Trust news

South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) 2025 runs from 18 July to 17 August. With the theme 'Roots to Routes', the month celebrates South Asian cultures and communities and explores the rich journey of growth and evolving connections through generations. SAHM is also an opportunity to raise awareness of Thalassaemia, a group of rare, life-long, inherited blood conditions, which mainly affect people of South Asian, Southeast Asian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern heritage.

From 1 August 2025, there will be changes to the way that moving and handling training will be delivered and compliance reported. Level 2 Moving and Handling of People will be completed via elearning and a new Level 3 training will provide practical training face to face.

NHS England is calling for academics, clinicians, public health professionals, local authorities, service providers, voluntary sector organisations, and other healthcare organisations to submit evidence for the first ever review into LGBT+ health inequalities, commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Those wishing to attend this year’s AGM, which is being held at the Trust headquarters at V7 on Thursday 18 September from 3.45pm to 5pm, should book early as there is limited capacity to attend and the meeting will not be shown online.

A regional drive to achieve maximum ambulance handover times of 45 minutes at all trusts with a type 1 emergency department in the North West will launch on Friday, 1 August.