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: 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 Lymphoedema Service will no longer routinely accept or manage referrals for patients who are unable to attend clinic appointments.

  • 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.

  • Category: Community Care

    Sefton service achieves UNICEF Gold award

    20 May 2026

    The Infant Feeding Service - part of Mersey Care’s Sefton Health Visiting 0-19 Service - has been awarded the highest level of accreditation from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

  • Category: Trust news

    Ministerial statement on the Mental Health Strategy for England

    20 May 2026

    Mental Health Strategy for England Organisation: Department of Health and Social Care Type: Written Ministerial Statement Date: 19 May 2026 Statement made by Preet Kaur Gill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State