Trust news

This week is World Pharmacy Technician Day!

In April 2025, NHS England published new guidelines titled "Staying safe from suicide." These guidelines introduce a significant shift in how the needs of service users and patients are assessed. The main change is moving away from traditional risk assessments (which rate risk as high, medium, or low) to a focus on safety assessments conversations to understand what makes them unsafe and what we can do to improve their safety.

Board members were keen to take advantage of our free vaccination offer last week, rolling up their sleeves and getting the flu jab.

The latest figures (16 October) are in! Click here to read more.

Congratulations to Pulmonary Rehabilitation – St Helens (up 40%), Older Adult Community Hub – Halton (up 37.5%) High Secure Social Work (up 33.3%) and the Recruitment Team (up 45.4%) – you’ll get a tea and coffee hamper for the highest increase in staff survey response rates this week! Want £50 shopping vouchers? Complete your survey before the end of October to be in with a chance (one winner per division, plus one bank winner )