About The Walton Centre
The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an 'Outstanding' Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care both national and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
The Trust serves a catchment area of circa 3.5 million people across Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, the Isle of Man, North Wales and beyond. While the main hospital site is situated in Fazakerley, Liverpool, services are also delivered through clinics at 19 hospitals and health centres in the region through service partnerships with 12 NHS Trusts and through the Cheshire and Merseyside Major Trauma Centre Collaborative and Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network.
The Walton Centre is a teaching hospital and is closely associated with the University of Liverpool and Edge Hill University. The relationship between academically acclaimed research and improving patient care is embedded throughout the Trust.
This satellite model of care for neurology means that many patients are able to access outpatient consultations and many tests closer to home, and takes specialist services as close to patients as possible, with neurosurgery, highly specialised assessments and inpatient care being undertaken at The Walton Centre.
With around 1,550 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 158,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year with conditions including:
- Head and spinal trauma injuries
- Tumours of the central nervous system, both cranial and spinal
- Neurovascular diseases
- Epilepsy (including a full surgical programme)
- Movement disorders (including the provision of a deep brain stimulation service)
- Pain management
- Multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease
- Chronic pain
- Headache and migraine
Our Neurosurgery Division is one of the biggest and busiest in the UK, performing over 2,600 elective surgical cases, around 1,500 emergency surgical cases and 2,000 day case procedures each year.
The Neurology service is delivered by a multi-skilled professional team and sees over 90,000 new and follow-up patients as well as treating almost 6,000 inpatients.
We have a dedicated Neuroscience Research Centre which runs a range of research studies, linking with partners in industry, academia and the NHS.
Our Pain Management Programme is regarded as a model of best practice for helping patients with severe and chronic pain.
Our Neuroradiology service is the most comprehensive in the UK, with five MRI scanners; two CT scanners, delivering 40,000 scans a year, and two biplane intervention rooms available.
Underpinning all our work is a learning culture that empowers staff to believe they can make and lead change, be curious and seek continuous improvement.
The Trust was awarded University status in September 2022.
Vision
Excellence in Neuroscience
Mission
The Walton Centre is the UK's only specialist hospital trust for neurology and neurosurgery.
We're leading the way by delivering meaningful patient outcomes, developing groundbreaking innovations and providing exceptional teaching across neurology, neurosurgery, spinal, pain management and rehabilitation services.
What unifies us is how much we care about our patients, their families, and our people. Everybody at The Walton Centre is working towards the same mission: to deliver life-changing treatment and care.
We see it as our responsibility to advance neuroscience by leading clinical research and collaborating with our peers to drive forward change.
At The Walton Centre, we're proud to have a culture of dignity and excellence, where every individual is inspired by the important role we play in improving lives.
Our Trust values
Our values were developed through staff engagement and are values that underpin everything we do at our Trust.
These are:
The values are embedded within all Trust policies and are also part of the Personal Development Review process undertaken by all members of staff.