13 Mar 2026
The joint committee made up of the integrated care boards of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria made a decision on the future location of A&E services in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire.
11 Mar 2026
A Sefton grandmother who lost multiple family members to smoking-related illness is sharing her story ahead of No Smoking Day (11 March), as landmark legislation to create the first smokefree generation reaches its final stage in Parliament.
04 Feb 2026
Sefton welcomed Dr Minal Bakhai, Senior Responsible Officer for the NHS National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme (NNHIP), on Thursday 15 January.
26 Jan 2026
Sefton and St Helens have welcomed the national lead for the Neighbourhood Health Programme, to see how they’re leading the way in bringing better care closer to home and improving people’s experience and outcomes.
21 Jan 2026
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, in partnership with the six local authorities, is hosting a series of FREE marketplace roadshow events designed to help residents build digital confidence, access resources, and discover further support through the Login LCR project.
05 Jan 2026
Last month, Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) joined partners from across Cheshire and Merseyside for a webinar focused on embedding the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector in neighbourhood health.
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.
09 Sept 2025
Sefton and St Helens have both been confirmed as national ‘pioneer’ areas for the development of neighbourhood health.
04 Jul 2025
A public consultation has been launched asking people to share their views on where A&E services across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire should be located.
13 Mar 2025
Thirteen new projects to benefit people aged 65 and over in Sefton are getting underway thanks to £45,000 of funding from Sefton Council Public Health, coordinated by Sefton CVS.
27 Feb 2025
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and South Sefton Primary Care Network welcomed senior leaders from the NHS England national and regional teams
06 Feb 2025
A new unit to support patients needing minor plastic surgery procedures has opened at Southport Hospital.
30 Jan 2025
Women in Sefton will now benefit from easier access to specialist menopause support delivered by trained GPs in an expansion of a new menopause primary care collaboration pilot.
23 Jan 2025
We understand that the tragic incident that took place on Monday 29 July 2024 in Southport affected many people in different ways, and that the sentencing in January 2025 will bring back a lot of emotions.
25 Nov 2024
Sefton Council is expanding its successful Occupational Therapy Mobile Clinic after helping over 300 people since May.
16 Sept 2024
South Sefton Primary Care Network (SSPCN) has been selected as a finalist in the ‘PCN of the Year’ category at this year’s General Practice Awards.
09 Sept 2024
Mersey Care’s Community Pain Management Service has developed a suite of videos to raise awareness about how they help reduce the impact of living with persistent pain.
05 Sept 2024
The NHS in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire is holding a series of public meetings to hear your views on reshaping local urgent and emergency care.
26 Jul 2024
The NHS in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire has today started a public conversation about local urgent and emergency services.
12 Jul 2024
Mersey Care’s Long COVID service has developed content for an online app to help speed up the recovery of patients suffering from the effects of the debilitating condition.
01 Jul 2024
People who live in Sefton and have missed any cervical screening appointments, are invited to get the life-saving test done, as part of a pilot mobile service, in a bid to improve uptake of the screening.
19 Apr 2024
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Sefton Carers Centre in Waterloo to mark the organisation’s 30th Anniversary.
11 Apr 2024
A 13-year-old boy has won a national award for working with a Liverpool hospital to make visits as easy as possible for children with learning difficulties.
19 Feb 2024
Sefton CVS Hospital Discharge Service
21 Dec 2023
South Sefton Access Service