Our Services
In the News – our catch up vaccination clinics
Our summer catch up clinics have captured the interest of the media in recent weeks with BBC Radio Merseyside and Sky News both covering how the Trust is helping families with their vaccinations.
Clinics aim to take advantage of the extra time provided by the summer holidays to reach children who have missed any routine immunisations, including HPV, teenage boosters, meningitis ACWY and MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) following concern about recent measles cases across Cheshire and Merseyside.
BBC Reporter, Tom Walker interviewed Laura (left) and Julie from our Vaccination and Immunisation Team (see below), who explained how important it was for children to be vaccinated while Sky Reporter, Greg Milan interviewed Mum, Natalia Figueroa who admitted she had lost track of her child’s vaccinations. Please listen to the BBC report and view the Sky report.
The Life Rooms supporting vaccination messages in multiple languages
The Life Rooms is supporting Public Health Liverpool to raise awareness of the MMR vaccination, as measles cases are on the rise in parts of Merseyside. The Community Inclusion Team at The Life Rooms is a multi-lingual service which supports with access to health services throughout Liverpool, specifically for under served groups, asylum seekers and refugees, LGBTQ+ and deaf communities.
A number of helpful videos have been created to share key messages about the MMR vaccination and how to access it, in Romanian, Chinese (Mandarin) and Sinhala:
- Romanian language version - Information about the MMR vaccination | Romanian
- Chinese (Mandarin) language version - Information about the MMR vaccination | Chinese (Mandarin)
- Sinhala language version - Information about the MMR vaccination | Sinhala - YouTube
- Further information about vaccination messages in different languages can be found on The Life Rooms website while advice on measles and how to get vaccinated is available on the Public Health Liverpool website.
Physical health model of care extended to new wards
Mersey Care has extended its new physical health model of care, initially introduced to two of our mental health wards via a pilot approach, to three further wards to support the Trust's aim for whole person care.
The model was trialled initially on two of the mental health wards (Fern and Irwell) at Leigh Moss Hospital and Clock View Hospital. Following initial analysis, the pilot has now been extended to three more wards (Dunes, Albert and Morris) at Hartley Hospital, Broadoak Unit and Clock View Hospital. More information can be found in the news section of our website.
Mersey Care aids new mental health and wellbeing service for Knowsley
A new wellbeing and mental health advisory service has been launched in Knowsley to help guide children, young people, parents and carers through their options in finding the right support, when they need it.
The Knowsley Open Gateway Service (KOGS) combines a team of professionals from different organisations, including Mersey Care. They’ll work together to make it easy for Knowsley residents and families to get the support and care they need. More information is available via the news section of our website.
New guide boosts nutrition support for perinatal families
A new guide to help improve nutritional support for mothers and families in the perinatal period has been launched by our Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Service (CMSPS) in collaboration with Think Through Nutrition.
The ‘Eating Well’ guide is designed as an educational resource for women in the perinatal period. It aims to simplify nutritional advice for expectant mothers and address the diverse challenges that can affect food choices. More information is available on the news section of our website.
The Life Rooms annual report published
The latest annual report from The Life Rooms captures the successes, achievements and rewarding moments from the service since April 2024. It includes supporting with the uptake of vaccinations and immunisations, to the reopening of Walton library, to the expansion of their employment support service into new boroughs. You can read the full report on The Life Rooms website.
Our Achievements
Trust awarded prestigious National Preceptorship Quality Mark
Mersey Care is one of the first NHS trusts in the country to be accredited with the full National Preceptorship Quality Mark, awarded to organisations who offer high quality preceptorship programmes for newly qualified registered nurses, nursing associates and allied health professionals. More information can be found in the news section of our website.
HOPE(S) model regarded as a significant success by leading university study
A major national programme of support for people with the most complex needs in mental health hospitals has been assessed as a significant success in an independent evaluation from Manchester Metropolitan University.
The HOPE(S) programme, developed and led by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, has helped nearly three quarters of people in long term segregation successfully transition out of these restrictive environments. More information is on the news section of our website.
Our Research
M-RIC hits important milestone in improving mental health care through the use of data
A new project by the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) is helping to improve how NHS data is used to understand and treat mental health conditions across Cheshire and Merseyside.
The project has recently reached a significant milestone as mental health data from Mersey Care has now been securely linked with GP records from across Cheshire and Merseyside. This has been made possible through a partnership between M-RIC and the North West Secure Data Environment (SDE). Find out more on the M-RIC website.
Pictured above: Dr Jim Hughes, Director of Digital and Data Programmes for M-RIC, Mersey Care and the Cheshire and Merseyside representative on the North West SDE Sponsor Group.
Designing a mental health avatar with the help of our service users and carers
M-RIC recently held a public advisor workshop on the design of a new mental health avatar. In her new blog, Public Engagement Research Coordinator, Gail Faragher explains how the day was designed to give public advisors, service users and carers the opportunity to help shape a new digital tool that could support people living with mental health difficulties. Find out more on the M-RIC website.
How can we enable and encourage more people to take part in clinical trials?
Research Associate, Katharine Abba is part of the M-RIC population mental health team. A focus of her work is understanding what prevents people from taking part in clinical trials and what could encourage more people to participate. In this article, she details findings from a recent M-RIC public advisor workshop where service users, carers and others provided their views on clinical trials. Find out more on the M-RIC website.
Get Involved
Book your place for the 2025 Annual General Meeting
This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, 18 September 2025 from 3.45pm to 5pm at Trust Headquarters, V7 Building, Kings Business Park, Prescot, L34 1PJ.
The meeting is designed to be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about Mersey Care, what we’re currently doing and our plans for the future, whether you’re a patient, service user, carer, member of staff or member of the public.
This year's AGM will only be available to attend in person, not online and as capacity is limited, places are being allocated on a first come, first served basis.
If you are interested in attending, please request a place a by Friday, 5 September 2025. More information about how to secure your place is available on our website.
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Commissioning opportunity - Domestic abuse related suicide risk reduction service
Mersey Care and Liverpool Suicide Prevention Partnership is seeking applications from qualified providers to deliver a specialised service aimed at reducing suicide risk among people impacted by domestic abuse.
This project will focus on developing skills and resources to address the significant link between domestic abuse and suicide in Liverpool. More information on the news section of our website.
Success at the third annual Liverpool cathedral abseil for Mersey Cares
Congratulations to our 16 brave Mersey Cares fundraisers who took part in our third annual Liverpool cathedral abseil on 19 July - all in support of Mersey Care’s mental health and community services.
Together the team raised over £3,000 by descending 150ft down the iconic landmark. More information can be found on the Mersey Cares website.
If you’d like to take part in a fundraising challenge to support our services beyond NHS funding, we’d love to hear from you. There are so many to choose from, including runs at Alton Towers, Santa dashes and more! Take a look and register.
Win a signed Everton shirt in our Mersey Cares’ summer raffle – ends on Thursday
Any Everton fans hoping to win a signed first team shirt from the 2024/2025 squad, their final season at Goodison Park, can do so by entering the Mersey Cares’ summer raffle.
Every penny from the raffle, for a highly prized piece of Everton memorabilia, will support our mental health and community services across Cheshire and Merseyside. For details on how to enter, please look on the Mersey Cares website.
Volunteers transform garden at Willow House
A team of volunteers took part in a garden transformation day at Willow House to create a calming outdoor space for patients and their families accessing the specialist dementia diagnostic service.
The space, which benefited from support from Canon, as well as our Mersey Care garden volunteer team, also features a memorial garden for a beloved staff member who passed away last year, offering a space for quiet reflection. After a day of potting, planting and painting, the results were outstanding and the team was delighted.
Occupational Therapy Assistant, Joy Cropper, who’s been driving the project forward, enthused, “Everything I had in mind, they accomplished.
“The garden looks amazing and was used the very next day by our patients. Staff at Willow House couldn’t believe the changes, all within the same day and they absolutely love it.” Further information can be found on the Mersey Cares website.
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