The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme funds and monitors health research studies. It aims to support excellent clinical science with an ultimate view to improving health or patient care. We are currently looking for members of the public to join the EME funding board to ensure that the public are actively involved in health research. As a patient/public board member you will help to identify and raise issues from the perspective of patients and the public that are relevant to the research.
The EME programme is funded by the Medical Research Council and managed by the National Institute for Health Research.
Sefton Local Involvement Network's Health and Social Care News Blog
Friday 30 July 2010
Aintree University Hospital needs to cut '300 jobs'
Hundreds of jobs will have to be axed at a hospital on Merseyside as it prepares for widespread cuts to the NHS.
Aintree University Hospital has confirmed it needs to cut the equivalent of 300 jobs in the next few years. All 5,000 staff have been sent letters offering them voluntary redundancy and flexible working packages. A spokesman said the consultation was in "its early stages".
Aintree University Hospital has confirmed it needs to cut the equivalent of 300 jobs in the next few years. All 5,000 staff have been sent letters offering them voluntary redundancy and flexible working packages. A spokesman said the consultation was in "its early stages".
MS Society - Physiotherapy Service and Counselling Service
The Multiple Sclerosis Society, in partnership with NHS Sefton, provides a physiotherapy service offering advice, assessment and treatment for people with MS in this area. In addition to the pysiotherapy service, the MS Society are pleased to announce the launch of a counselling service available to people affected by MS.
The physiotherapist will work with you in a friendly manner to help you reach your goals, through sessions that are tailored to your needs. Carers can also get help and advice in moving and handling and managing day to day activities.
The physiotherapist will work with you in a friendly manner to help you reach your goals, through sessions that are tailored to your needs. Carers can also get help and advice in moving and handling and managing day to day activities.
Monday 26 July 2010
NHS Sefton launch 'Text to Quit Smoking' campaign
Smokers in Sefton now have another way to get help and quit the habit. NHS Sefton has teamed up with Cheshire and Merseyside Tobacco Control Programme to help people quit by text.
Anyone in Sefton who wants to quit smoking can now text 'Quit' to 80039 with their name and full postcode. They will then be contacted by NHS Sefton’s local stop smoking service, SUPPORT who will give advice on the best way to quit.
Anyone in Sefton who wants to quit smoking can now text 'Quit' to 80039 with their name and full postcode. They will then be contacted by NHS Sefton’s local stop smoking service, SUPPORT who will give advice on the best way to quit.
Southport's 'P' in the Park
NHS Sefton’s Sexual Health Service, ISIS, will be asking festival goers to pee in the park in a bid to stop Chlamydia in its tracks!
Members of the ISIS team will be on hand with their testing kits at the Jedi Music Festival, which takes place on Sunday 1st August at Victoria Park, Southport .
The test is straightforward and only requires a small amount of urine in a sample bottle. It’s now even easier, as those who take the test can receive the results via text message to their mobile phone.
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK . It is transmitted through unprotected sex and it often has no symptoms so people may not realise they have it.
Members of the ISIS team will be on hand with their testing kits at the Jedi Music Festival, which takes place on Sunday 1st August at Victoria Park, Southport .
The test is straightforward and only requires a small amount of urine in a sample bottle. It’s now even easier, as those who take the test can receive the results via text message to their mobile phone.
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK . It is transmitted through unprotected sex and it often has no symptoms so people may not realise they have it.