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

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    Change to NHS Smartcard passcode requirements

    13 July 2023

    From Wednesday 19 July, passcode requirements for NHS Smartcards will change as part of a national update to the Care Identity Service (CIS) for health and care staff.

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    TRAC update

    13 July 2023

    Nationally, there has been a significant proportion of downtime recently due to a planned system migration over a weekend period that did not go to plan. This resulted in TRAC being down for five days with intermittent issues for a further five days. This has been outside of our control.

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    Gold award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

    12 July 2023

    Mersey Care is delighted to have been awarded Gold in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), representing the highest badge of honour, awarded to those that employ and support people who serve in the armed forces, veterans and their families

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    Junior doctors’ industrial action

    11 July 2023

    Our colleagues at the British Medical Association (BMA); the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) and the British Dental Association (BDA) have formally confirmed that strike action will take place by junior doctors from Thursday, 13 July 2023 (7am) until Tuesday, 18 July (7am).

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    Our new leaflet library

    10 July 2023

    Our new patient facing leaflet library has now gone live on our website.