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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  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Community Mental Health Services have been awarded the Gold award for the Lived Experience Charter!

    6 February 2026

    The Lived Experience Charter recognises services that champion, embed, and celebrate the expertise of people with lived experience. Of the four possible levels — Working Towards, Bronze, Silver, and Gold — we are incredibly proud to have achieved the highest standard.

  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Student Nursing Course September 2026

    2 February 2026

    We are currently advertising for the Student Nursing Associate course which will begin in September 2026 at LJMU.

  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Train the Trainer: A one day formulation training workshop for Community Mental Health / Recovery Teams

    19 January 2026

    Are you an experienced mental health practitioner, a deputy clinical manager, PgCert API Alumni, or an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a desire to increase access to Level 1 formulation for service users? If so, this one-day ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop will provide you with all the skills and training resources you need to deliver face-to-face formulation training within your team.

  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) has relocated to Hollins Park

    12 January 2026

    Our Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) has moved from Mere Suite, Hartley Hospital to Byron Ward, Hollins Park.

  • Category: Mental Health Care

    Transforming mental health care: a unified approach

    18 December 2025

    Urgent care and community mental health services will consolidate into a single, unified model.