Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

We are a proud signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant and have been awarded Gold under the Employee Recognition Scheme. Beyond this we acknowledge our commitment to several key pledges including:

• Training relevant staff on veteran specific culture or needs
• Ensuring that the Armed Forces community is never disadvantaged compared to others, in line with the NHS’s commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant
• Providing information to ensure that veterans, reservist, and service families are aware of appropriate charities or NHS services beneficial to them for example mental health services or support with financial and/or benefit claims.
• Supporting the Armed Forces as an employer.

About us

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.