'Well Connected' Newsletter - May 2011

Liverpool's Decade of Health and Wellbeing 2010-2020 'Well Connected' Newsletter (May 2011) is now available.

To download the newsletter, please click here.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline group opportunities

 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) are pleased to annoucne that information and application forms of eight forthcoming clinical guideline development groups are now on the NICE website at the following link - http://www.nice.org.uk/getinvolved/joinnwc/join_a_nice_committee_or_working_group.jsp

***PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE NOT SEFTON LINK OPPORTUNITIES***

Aintree Hospital Trust's May 2011 Briefing Paper

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust monthly stakeholder briefing is now available. The briefing provides the latest news on Trust service developments, patient care, achievements and events.

To download the latest stakeholder briefing, please click here

Neurosupport present 'The Secret History of Pain' event

Neurosupport is pleased to announce that, on 15th June 2011, they are hosting a themed afternoon of talks on the role of the brain in chronic pain—aimed at Health professionals and anyone with an interest in chronic pain.

Sefton 'Living Well' event - Thursday 23rd June 2011.

A partnership event between Sefton OPERA and One Vision Housing supporting National Falls Prevention Week is taking place in Bootle later this month. The 'Living Well' event takes place at Bootle Cricket Club on Thursday 23rd June, 10am-2pm.

Fears over Merseyside care home closures

THE Government was today coming under increasing pressure to help end uncertainty over the future of more than 20 care homes in Merseyside.

Southern Cross, responsible for looking after 31,000 elderly residents across Britain, has announced that it will underpay its rent from today as it struggles with a £230m annual rental bill.

Merseyside tops league for alcohol-related NHS prescriptions

Merseyside is failing to tackle its drink culture, a new report has confirmed.

The NHS information centre revealed that the region tops the English league for prescriptions issued for alcohol-related diseases such as liver and mental disorders – 515 prescriptions per 100,000 population, up 8% on the previous year.

Young people in Liverpool choose A&E dental hospital above an NHS dentist

THOUSANDS of young people in Liverpool are choosing to be treated at the city’s A&E dental department, instead of registering with a regular dentist.

More than 6,000 patients attended the unit last year, costing the NHS more money than if they had visited ordinary dentists.

Mersey hospital is among the first to offer keyhole heart surgery on the NHS

A Merseyside hospital is among the first in the country to carry out keyhole heart surgery.

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is one of only three NHS hospitals in the UK offering the minimally-invasive procedure which sees a tiny camera guide the surgeon inside the heart.