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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    A message from Trish Bennett, Chief Executive Officer and Rosie Cooper, Chair

    14 January 2025

    Rosie and I wanted to thank everyone for their unwavering dedication and hard work during this particularly challenging period. The winter season invariably brings a significant increase in demand for NHS services which is compounded by the awful adverse weather conditions. Together with the heightened local system pressures, this period has indeed been particularly challenging.

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    Overpaid back pay

    13 January 2025

    Some of you may have received a letter from Payroll explaining that the payroll calculations for the back pay for bank staff annual leave back pay for the period from April 2024 to September 2024 were based on 2023 data.

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    The Ripple Effect campaign

    13 January 2025

    The Information Commissioner’s Office Ripple Effect campaign aims to raise awareness of the significant impact that data breaches can have on individuals and communities. Data protection is about safeguarding individuals, not just managing systems. It may have been an admin error, but nationally some patients and service users have had to leave home as a result.

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    January 2025 vaccine clinics

    10 January 2025

    January 2025 vaccine clinics.

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    Critical incident declared as Flu and respiratory infection rates climb

    10 January 2025

    Vaccines are a vital tool in our defence against public health outbreaks. It’s critical that as many people as possible are vaccinated to make sure we protect ourselves, our families, our patients and service users, from becoming seriously ill and increasing the pressure on NHS services.