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: Community Care

    Protection against Chickenpox

    6 January 2026

    Children are now offered protection against chickenpox, with the launch of the MMRV vaccine. For most children chickenpox can be mild, but for others it can be serious and lead to complications and hospitalisation. From 1 January 2026 children will be offered protection against chickenpox in the NHS routine childhood vaccine schedule from 12 months old.

  • Category: Community Care

    Riverside District Nurses' Christmas Day deliveries

    31 December 2025

    This Christmas Day, Riverside District Nurses went above and beyond for some of their most vulnerable patients.

  • Category: Community Care

    Regional Mother and Baby Unit now open

    18 December 2025

    Seren Lodge is open! The specialist Mother and Baby mental health unit will now support pregnant and postnatal women experiencing severe mental ill health from across Cheshire, Merseyside, and North Wales. Designed with input from women with lived experience, the unit provides care closer to home in a therapeutic environment.

  • Category: Community Care

    ‘Tis the season to be KIND!

    18 December 2025

    Staff at Huyton Walk-in Centre and the Treatment Rooms collect presents for KIND.

  • Category: Community Care

    Service user takes on Santa dash in racing wheelchair

    10 December 2025

    A 58-year-old dad from Liverpool with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has successfully completed the city’s Santa Dash, raising money for charity.