24 Nov 2025
A new children’s cancer service has been launched for Merseyside and Cheshire, taking chemotherapy to patients’ homes, through funding from the Cancer Alliance. The North West Children’s Cancer Operational Delivery Network (ODN) and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have launched the new model of children’s cancer treatment, bringing chemotherapy and other care directly into the homes of patients.
21 Nov 2025
A survey and focus group are being carried out by Partners in Care and Health (PCH) to gather views on Section 117 aftercare.
03 Nov 2025
Liverpool’s axess sexual health service, part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group), is leading the way in HIV healthcare innovation by launching a new digital service that will deliver PrEP - a pill which reduces the risk of getting HIV by 99% when taken as prescribed - direct to patients.
22 Sept 2025
A £5m support centre for cancer patients in Liverpool has been given the green light. Planning permission has been granted for the Maggie’s centre on the site of the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital, next to the new Royal and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
22 Jul 2025
A new pilot at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is making life simpler for patients who get denosumab injections to help strengthen and protect their bones during cancer treatment.
22 Jul 2025
Liverpool City Council has launched an improved way of supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
21 Jul 2025
Clatterbridge has launched two innovative radiotherapy clinical trials aimed at improving treatment outcomes for cancer patients.
16 Jul 2025
Experts in oral cancer from all over the world are coming to Liverpool this week to work on tackling this group of deadly diseases. The International Association of Oral Oncology, which is chaired by Liverpool surgeon Professor Richard Shaw, is hosting its annual conference at the ACC, and will welcome leading cancer doctors from as far afield as Australia and Brazil.
10 Jul 2025
The Walton Centre, alongside The University of Liverpool, has launched the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research hub uniting brain and mind research to tackle urgent neurological, neurosurgical, psychiatric, and brain health challenges.
02 Jul 2025
Alder Hey has opened a specialist clinic for children and young people with complications from ketamine use.
16 Jun 2025
Liverpool is marking a major public health milestone with a significant drop in sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates.
11 Jun 2025
Alder Hey has recently been recognised as one of the top performing NHS trusts in England for seeing A&E patients within four hours.
04 Jun 2025
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has opened a new dedicated outpatient facility - known as Clatterbridge Paddington Health Hub - close to its main hospital in Liverpool and Edge Lane / Mount Vernon Road.
23 May 2025
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is pioneering an experimental new therapy designed to tackle a debilitating disease that some cancer patients develop through life-saving treatment.
14 May 2025
The Urology team at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital is transforming the lives of men across the North West of England with a groundbreaking new treatment for a condition which affects more than a third of men aged over 50.
08 May 2025
Mersey Care's Mental Health Support Teams in schools have released new interactive workbooks designed to help young people, parents and education staff learn new ways to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
10 Apr 2025
Liverpool City Council has launched a new approach to Public Health Nursing, offering stronger, more accessible support for families, from pregnancy through school years and into parenthood, helping to improve long-term outcomes for all.
10 Mar 2025
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is set to receive over £4million in funding to boost the Liverpool City Region’s position as a leader in children’s healthcare innovation.
11 Feb 2025
A new mobile health and research hub that will make it easier for local communities in Merseyside to take part in health research has been launched by NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG).
07 Feb 2025
The Walton Centre has launched a new video charting the course of a complex surgical procedure to improve awareness and support patients undergoing brain tumour treatment.
08 Jan 2025
HIV testing is set to increase across Liverpool’s hospitals, with “Opt-Out” testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
19 Dec 2024
There have been a number of points in Sheila Longo’s life where Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has reared its painful head. From severely damaging her wrist and lower arm in a canoeing accident in California in 1998, to seriously injuring her leg and ankle in Italy in 2015, CRPS has added delay and more pain to her recovery.
13 Dec 2024
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) has been named as host for an NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre, which will bring cutting-edge commercial research to communities in Cheshire and Merseyside.
12 Dec 2024
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the first hospital in the North West to become home to a new state-of-the-art nuclear medicine camera, which will improve the way we scan our patients.
06 Dec 2024
Liverpool City Council has today formally awarded two public health contracts that will support some of the city’s most vulnerable groups.