Trust news

Flu cases in hospitals has jumped 41% in a week. The latest NHS figures show an average of 2,629 flu patients were in beds in England each day last week. While these infections can be a nasty inconvenience to most of us, they can be life threatening to others.

As we approach the end of a fantastic year of growth for the charity, we’d like to thank everyone who has supported us.

Well done to Terence Mackin, St Helens LLAMS Community, who has won Employee of the Month for September and Helen Eden, Medicines - Community Mental Health Services who has won for Employee of the Month for October. Congratulations to the Zero Suicide Alliance Team who have won Team of the Month for September and Rowan View Catering who have won for October.

A huge thank you Salome Mare-Walsh, after five years as the MECN Chair, Salome has stepped down. Salome has been inspirational, passionate and has made such a huge difference to the MECN and the Trust. We now have now elected a new Chair and Vice Chair.

We would like to encourage all our clinical and clinical support colleagues across the Trust to complete a short survey to help us better understand how effective our Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems are in supporting you to do your job.