Sefton LINk News

Dignity Action Day - Wednesday 1st February 2012

2012-01-18T08:29:00.000-08:00

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

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

2012-01-18T08:01:00.001-08:00

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

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

2012-01-17T04:03:00.000-08:00

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

NHS Merseyside Board Meeting - Jan 2012

2012-01-17T04:02:00.001-08:00

A meeting of the NHS Merseyside Board will take place in public at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday 24th 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

New 110 homes plan for Southport Hospital land in Kew

2012-01-16T03:52:00.000-08:00

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. The application, currently in its early

Latest phase of new-look Aintree Hospital in for planning

2012-01-16T03:13:00.000-08:00

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

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

2012-01-12T03:33:00.000-08:00

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

New procedure at Liverpool Women’s Hospital is bringing hope and joy

2011-12-21T08:19:00.000-08:00

The festive lights have never looked brighter for Rachel Backhouse. This Christmas, after years of heartache, she has been given the best present ever – the gift of a baby daughter. “There were times when I thought it would never happen and of course I can never forget my journey over the last few years,” says Rachel, who is 29 and from Runcorn. “But Evie Mai is the future now and I can’

Aintree Hospital chef rustles up Christmas cake for colleagues in Afghanistan

2011-12-21T08:17:00.000-08:00

A LIVERPOOL hospital chief created a special Christmas cake for his colleagues serving at a hospital in Afghanistan. Brian Ahmed, 54, head chef at Fazakerley Hospital made the cake as a reminder of home. Five medics from the hospital are members of the Territorial Army. They will be treating injured troops in the trauma hospital at Camp Bastion across the Christmas period. Corporal Joeann

Aintree University Hospital patients contacted over virus

2011-12-21T07:11:00.000-08:00

Hospital bosses are contacting 73 patients treated on the renal ward at Liverpool's Aintree University Hospital after one patient caught Hepatitis B from another. A spokesman said the patients, who were treated on Ward 20 between 21 May to 24 June, would be tested next month as a precaution.Health officials said there had been a low risk of catching the virus. The patients affected have

Opportunity to become a Mersey Care Design Team Representative

2011-12-21T05:18:00.000-08:00