Publish date: 4 October 2024
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has published a case for change setting out the key risks facing hospital based gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool. The ICB board will consider the case for change at a meeting on 9 October 2024. Subject to the board’s approval of the document, a period of public engagement will begin on 15 October 2024, giving people an opportunity to share their views about the issues.
The majority of hospital gynaecology and maternity care in the city takes place at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in Toxteth. The case for change highlights how the biggest challenge facing these services is the fact that they are on a different site to most other acute and emergency hospital care – Liverpool Women’s is the only specialist centre for gynaecology and maternity in the country where this arrangement exists. Read more on their website.