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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    Rio ‘other activities’ in HCP diaries

    15 August 2024

    Client specific activities should be documented within the client's appointment record.

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    Planned updates to optimise patient communication

    14 August 2024

    In line with continued efforts to improve patient contact details, NHS England will shortly begin contacting a small number of patients with out of date contact details via the NHS App to request that they update their information.

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    Liverpool Clinical Laboratories messages

    14 August 2024

    We have noticed that we are receiving high numbers of laboratory requests that don't prefix the patient's unit/hospital number with Rio. This means results are not always reported back on Rio and the requestor has to phone for the results.  Would it be possible to remind Mersey Care staff to always prefix the patients unit/hospital number with Rio please.

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    Amendment to bank payroll deadlines

    14 August 2024

    Due to the August bank holiday (26 August 2024), deadlines for weekly payroll have been amended as follows: for hours worked 19 to 25 August, please finalise no later than 8.30am on Tuesday, 27 August. This is to ensure payment on Friday, 30 August.

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    The Life Rooms shortlisted for HSJ Award

    13 August 2024

    The Life Rooms are a finalist for a prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award in the Digitising Patient Care category for their interoperability work in driving efficiency in referrals between clinical services in Mersey Care to social prescribing at The Life Rooms, supporting with providing whole person care to service users.