Southport parents invited to attend meeting on future of Children’s Centres

PARENTS who use Surestart Children’s Centres in Southport are invited to a special meeting to look at the future of the service.

Sefton Council members agreed to a review of the service last year and feedback in relation to how this is now moving forward will be given to parents and carers at the meeting.

In November Cabinet members approved proposals to merge the management structure at Bishop David Sheppard School with one at Linaker Primary.

Blood donor sessions to be held throughout the area in February

WITH 2012 being a leap year, blood donors across Sefton have an extra day in which to make a difference to people’s lives.

The NHS Blood and Transplant division (NHSBT) is calling on people to take advantage of the extra 24 hours that comes our way every four years and use the time to donate a drop of the red stuff.

Barbara Blanche, NHSBT spokesman, said: “Sessions will be happening across England and North Wales throughout February.

Quit for valentines with Stop and Shop by NHS Sefton

NHS Sefton is urging Southport and Formby residents to have fresh breath and be kissable by Valentine’s Day – by quitting smoking with help from its “Stop and Shop” service.

The service is a successful partnership between NHS Sefton and Asda supermarkets, which makes it easier for people to stop smoking at the same time they do their shopping. Stop and Shop is offering local residents the opportunity to join the nearly 2,000 local people who have already stopped smoking, since April last year.

Dignity Action Day - Wednesday 1st February 2012

Information about how to take part and pledge your time can be found on the Dignity in Care website www.dignityincare.org.uk, together with details about how you can become a Dignity in Care Champion. Please click here to download the information poster. 

 On Dignity Action Day please give the “Gift of Time” and help make this a truly memorable day
for people receiving care services.

By supporting Dignity Action Day you can:

• raise awareness of the importance of Dignity in Care
• provide someone with an ‘extra special day’
• remind society that everyone has a role to play in respecting the dignity of those in your community
• be part of a national celebration and demonstrate solidarity for Dignity in Care

Remember, it’s the little things - like taking the time to notice -
that make the biggest difference!

DH plans to allow councils to take on public health functions early

The Department of Health is considering “arrangements” that will allow councils to take over the management of public health functions before the legal transition of responsibility in 2013.


But no NHS public health staff should transfer to local authorities prior to the statutory transfer of responsibility and “complete clarity” over their future functions will not be available before October, according to latest documents.

Liverpool Womens Hospital: “Bringing our services to you at Aintree”

by Kathryn Thomson - Chief Executive  - Monday, January 09, 2012

Leading fetal medicine specialist, Leanne Bricker is a familiar face at our Aintree Centre for Women’s Health where she identifies and cares for what may turn out to be high risk maternity patients.

She is just of one of our consultants who take a wide range of services to our Aintree Centre for women living in the North of the City. But a patient review has shown that some women are not aware that the services at Aintree are of the same standard as those at Crown Street and are provided by the same clinicians.

NHS Merseyside Board Meeting - Jan 2012

A meeting of the NHS Merseyside Board will take place in public at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday 24^th January 2012 in Boardroom 3, NHS Merseyside Offices, Regatta Place, Liverpool L3 4BL.

 Members of staff and the public are welcome to attendThe meeting will commence with a public meeting of each of the following PCT Boards:

• NHS Halton and St Helens
• NHS Knowsley
• Liverpool PCT
• NHS Sefton

At the conclusion of the above meetings the formal Merseyside Board meeting will immediately commence.Copies of the agenda and all papers will be available on the following website (www.haltonandsthelenspct.nhs.uk).
For further details please contact the Head of Governance, NHS Merseyside on:  01928 593671.

New 110 homes plan for Southport Hospital land in Kew

Proposals to build 110 homes on Southport Hospital land have been discussed by Sefton Council’s Planning Committee.

A preliminary application for a new housing development on Town Lane, Kew, was considered by councillors last night (Wednesday). If approved, the amount of new homes that could be built in Kew in the coming years would move above 800.

Latest phase of new-look Aintree Hospital in for planning

Plans by architects Taylor Young for a £20m scheme at Aintree University Hospital have been submitted to Liverpool City Council.

Under the proposals, the accident and emergency department will be extended to allow more room for patients receiving treatment and new ‘see and treat’ rooms will be built to help the flow of patients through the department. The critical care department will be expanded by 24 beds. The fracture clinic will move into a new purpose-built department to improve access for patients requiring treatment and cardiology will be centralised to ensure greater access between the department and coronary care.

Sefton Partnership awarded a second consecutive award from The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)

Improving the health and wellbeing of the borough has earned Sefton Partnership a second consecutive prestigious award from The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).


Sefton Partnership, made up of NHS Sefton, Sefton CVS, Sefton Council, One Vision Housing and the May Logan Healthy Living Centre, were one of only seven UK organisations to be presented with the RSPH’s Health Promotion and Community Wellbeing Organisation and Partnerships Award this year.