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New Year’s Honour for Trish Bennett
30 December 2025
Trish Bennett is named a Member of the British Empire (MBE).
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Mental Health Act 1983 and preparation for legislative changes
19 January 2026
The Mental Health Bill recently received Royal Assent, marking the most significant reform since the last substantive changes were made in 2008. The key changes aim to modernise outdated mental health laws and improve care for patients. The changes will start to take effect on 18 February 2026 this will be a phased approach to implementation.
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Launch of new NHS Excellence Awards
19 January 2026
The new NHS Excellence Awards are now open, providing a national platform to recognise the outstanding work taking place across health and care, sharing the best of the NHS with the rest of the NHS. Every day, local teams are delivering improvements that drive better outcomes, strengthen services and support better experiences for patients and communities. Run by and for the NHS, they’re free to enter and open to NHS organisations and providers working in partnership with the NHS to deliver local health and care services in England.
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Helping to minimise pressure over Christmas and New Year
16 January 2026
We have successfully introduced a new UCR Pathway.
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New Mental Health Training Offer for Parents and Carers
16 January 2026
The Charlie Waller trust is a mental health charity who provide training with a focus to equip parents, carers teachers and communities with the latest evidence based strategies. If you are a parent or carer for a child or young person with accessing mental health or wellbeing services and you would like to apply for this training or discuss the training please contact Harriet Clarke Harriet.Clarke@merseycare.nhs.uk