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

  • Category: Trust news

    Recognising the Deteriorating Patient (NEWS2 and Sepsis)

    9 September 2024

    From today, Recognising the Deteriorating Patient (NEWS2 and Sepsis) will be introduced to staff in Secure Care Division and Community Care Division. The training consists of two parts.

  • Category: Trust news

    Record Team guidance

    9 September 2024

    The Records Team have shared some message on YourSpace reminding staff on the process of destruction of patient or staff related information and uploading emails with patient information on to EPR.

  • Category: Community Care

    Changing the perception of pain

    9 September 2024

    Our Community Pain Management Service has developed a suite of videos to raise awareness about how they help reduce the impact of living with persistent pain, which affects around 28 million adults in the UK. The videos have been released to coincide with Pain Awareness Month for September.

  • Category: Trust news

    Rio: Patient Level Graphing - HoNOS 18-64, CORE-10 and PCL-5

    9 September 2024

    Colleagues who use the HoNOS 18-64 / HoNOS PBR, CORE-10 and PCL-5 and CORE-10 routine outcome measures can now access patient level graphing in Rio within the clinical summary (client record page).

  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Changes to mental health emergency and urgent referrals

    9 September 2024

    We’ve changed the way mental health emergency and urgent referrals are received from GPs in St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington and Halton. In the event of a very urgent referral (up to four hours), urgent referral (up to 24 hours), or urgent response (up to 72 hours), please contact our First Response Service on 0800 051 1508 and press option 1. The team will log referral information and transfer to the most appropriate person for action.