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Major new cancer hospital opens in Liverpool

A major new hospital that will transform cancer care in a region that is one of the worst affected nationally by the disease has opened in the heart of Liverpool.

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Life in Lockdown - TLC Transforming Lives

Many of us are looking out for positive news and ways to improve our wellbeing during lockdown so I'm contacting organisations I usually work with in the community to see how they are staying connected in lockdown....

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Contacting friends and family at Liverpool Hospitals during the Coronavirus pandemic

While hospital visits are severely restricted during the Coronavirus pandemic Liverpool hospitals have alternative arrangements in place to help patients and their families to keep in touch.

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Walk in Centre services revised because of Coronavirus

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, which operates the four Liverpool NHS walk in centres, has announced changes to how it will operate during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Healthwatch Liverpool Coronavirus Update

Here's some information about how we'll be operating during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Life In Lockdown - The Reader at Calderstones

In the latest Life in Lockdown interview, we speak to Michelle Barrett from The Reader, a charity working with communities across the Liverpool City Region and nationally, based in Calderstones Park, South Liverpool.

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People urged not to ignore eye problems to avoid long term damage to their eye health

A new service called COVID Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES) has been launched to support urgent eye care needs across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Guest Blog - Paul Garner: For 7 weeks I have been through a roller coaster of ill health, extreme emotions, and utter exhaustion

Our Chief Officer, Sarah Thwaites introduces a guest blog by Paul Garner, Professor at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in which he tells his story of Covid-19 symptoms over the past weeks and months which mirror her own experiences of the virus

Latest reports and publications

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Coronavirus Survey: Interim Report - April - May 2020

Read the initial findings from our survey exploring Liverpool...

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Our Annual Report 2019/20

Our annual report tells the story of our work over the past 12 months.

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Healthwatch Liverpool Transplant Project Report - June 2020

Read our report looking at patients in Liverpool's experiences...

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Who Cares? We Do! Membership Event Report - November 2019

17 February 2020

We held our ‘Who Cares? We Do!’ event at the Black-E on Thursday 21...