Trust news

As you may be aware, a major cyber security incident was declared at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust earlier in the week which remains ongoing. Additionally, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have reported similar ongoing cyber incidents. These matters are currently under criminal investigation, and we will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

Following the planned Rio downtime for disaster recovery testing on Sunday, it has become apparent that the back-up files we receive every 15 minutes into the Trust data warehouse, to provide a version of Rio data that we can report from, have not been supplied since Sunday afternoon.

Are you interested in becoming a staff ambassadors for schools? If so, we have a range of different career engagement events in December 2024 and January 2025, they are a great way to showcase your profession and inspire the next generation.

Time is running out, the survey closes tomorrow (Friday, 29 November) at midnight – so don’t miss out!

Generator shut down testing will be taking place at Leigh Moss on Thursday, 28 November 1pm to 3pm on telephony and live systems and network access. During this time, staff will be working with the agreed business continuity plans. This includes the main reception telephone number being diverted to a mobile number as follows: 07919 090 476 for the adult team.