Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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| Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Type | Mental health trust |
| Chair | Rosie Cooper |
| Chief executive | Joe Rafferty |
| Website | www |
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust runs a specialist
Development
The Trust opened a new hospital, Clock View Hospital in Walton in 2014. It has a psychiatric intensive care unit for people who need intensive short-term treatment and assessment.[1][2]
It took over Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust which had a turnover of £42 million per year in 2015.[3] About 130 patients from the Calderstones site had been into alternative services by 2019. It planned to move patients with "exceptionally complex mental health disorders" to a new 40-bed low-security unit in Maghull, but has been unable to secure capital funding.
In 2016 it took over the former Walton Carnegie library in order to set up a new centre for learning, recovery, health and wellbeing.[4]
It acquired the failed Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust in increments over 2017/2018.
The trust was one of the beneficiaries of Boris Johnson's announcement of capital funding for the NHS in August 2019, with an allocation of £33 million for a new 40 bed low secure unit for people with learning disabilities.[5]
In November 2019 it was reported that the trust was to take over North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.[6]
It started a COVID Oximetry@Home service in April 2020. This enables monitoring of more than 5000 patients a day in their own homes. The technology, provided by digital health company, Docobo, allows nurses, carers, or patients to record and monitor vital signs such as blood oxygen levels.[7]
Performance
It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 3,448 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 5.77%. 58% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 53% recommended it as a place to work.[8]
493 patients were injured in 2016-17 through use of restraints on psychiatric patients in Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust. This was the second-largest number in England, There were more injuries in Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Critics say restraints are potentially traumatic even life-threatening for patients.[9]
Honorary Freedom of the Borough
On 26 January 2023, the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust was granted the Honorary Freedom of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.[10]
References
- ^ "First phase complete on £25 million mental health unit". Specification Online. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Revealed: Inside Merseyside's newest mental health hospital as it nears completion". Liverpool Echo. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Mental health trusts reveal 'centre of excellence' merger plans". Health Service Journal. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Mersey Care breathes new life into Walton Library". Liverpool Echo. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Revealed: The 20 capital projects promised by the PM". Health Service Journal. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Revealed: Takeover will create largest mental health trust". Health Service Journal. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Modern technology reduces hospital admissions". Building Better Healthcare. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ Figures reveal ‘alarming’ rise in injuries at mental health units The Observer
- ^ "Honorary Freedom of the Borough". Retrieved 17 December 2023.