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“I’m bi, actually” - Celebrating Bisexual Awareness Week 2023
19 September 2023
To recognise Bisexual Awareness Week 2023, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager Emma Sutton writes about her own experience with bisexuality and what it means to them today...
Innovative video system ensures vulnerable patients receive outstanding care
21 August 2023
An innovative camera system is being rolled out in The Walton Centre’s Hyper Acute Rehabilitation Unit to enhance monitoring of our most vulnerable patients.
Walton Centre patient defies odds with truck pull in aid of hospital charity
20 July 2023
A patient from The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has pulled a nine tonne lorry 20 metres to raise thousands of pounds for the hospital’s charity.
Families continue save and improve lives through deceased organ donation at The Walton Centre
12 July 2023
New figures out today reveal that there were 19 patients who donated their organs after death at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust last year, helping save or improve the lives of 4,532 people desperately in need of a transplant across the UK.
Health Procurement Liverpool celebrates two year anniversary
14 June 2023
Health Procurement Liverpool (HPL)celebrated its second birthday in May and to mark the occasion the team took some time to reflect on the progress we have made over the past few years.
Brain tumour patients benefit from improved NHS collaborations
07 June 2023
NHS Trusts across the North West are working together to improve the process for people diagnosed and treated for a brain tumour following a visit to A&E.
Liverpool Philharmonic announces partnership with The Walton Centre
31 May 2023
Liverpool Philharmonic and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to launch a new partnership supported by The Walton Centre Charity and the Foyle Foundation. The organisations will work together using music to improve the health and wellbeing of patients with neurological and neurosurgical conditions, their families and carers, as well as staff at The Walton Centre.
Consultant Neurologist Professor elected into the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
18 May 2023
Professor Tony Marson, Consultant Neurologist and Professor of Neurology at the University of Liverpool, has been selected to join a fellowship of outstanding biomedical and health researchers.
Raising a glass to theatre Jedi: Recognising National ODP Day 2023
12 May 2023
To celebrate ODP day this year, Lead ODP Oliver Tierney reflects on his career the operating department, and how the role has changed over the years.
Supporting staff at The Walton Centre
25 April 2023
A new Staff Wellbeing Hub has been opened at The Walton Centre, offering a comfortable and relaxing space for staff to get away from their workspace, access resources or just simply take some time for themselves.
Kirkby artist hits £20,000 fundraising target after being inspired by wife’s treatment here at The Walton Centre
20 April 2023
“It’s been an extraordinary decade since my diagnosis and I’ve been cared for so well by The Walton Centre. I have a great consultant, and the nursing team are on hand if I have any questions or if I experience something unusual. The whole experience has prompted me to think more about my body and how I look after it."
“You forget you have Parkinson’s when you’re on the pitch, you just play the game” How patients with Parkinson’s Disease use walking football as a release
17 April 2023
In 2017 Ian Perry, 65, from Formby, started experiencing the first symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. While working here at The Walton Centre, he was fixing the heating in the Outpatients department when one of the hospital’s clinicians recommended they seek a referral from their GP. Weeks later a diagnosis was confirmed.
Dr Goebel becomes Professor of Pain Medicine at the Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences
12 April 2023
One of The Walton Centre’s Pain Medicine consultants’ Dr Andreas Goebel has recently attained a professorship with the University of Liverpool, after demonstrating substantial progress in research into causes and new treatments for chronic primary pain.
18-year-old Tudur makes extraordinary recovery from traumatic brain injury after car accident
27 March 2023
Alun and Clare Evans were doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and visiting friends, when they got a phone call telling them their 18-year-old son Tudur had been in a bad car accident.
Neurologist appointed to leading research programme
17 March 2023
Congratulations to Dr Antonella Macerollo who has been appointed to the North West CRN Advanced Research Scholars Programme
International Women's Day 2023 - CEO Blog
08 March 2023
This International Women's Day, CEO Jan Ross reflects on the strong women of The Walton Centre
Lighting innovators Circada launch first pilot at Trust to improve staff and patient wellbeing
27 February 2023
Lighting firm Circada kickstarts its’ campaign to change people’s relationships with their natural body clock with the launch of the inaugural pilot at The Trust – the first Trust in the UK to take part.
Tracheostomy Ted helps young visitors understand rehabilitation
14 February 2023
In April 2022, James from Warrington was struggling down his own garden path to get his neighbours attention, so they could call him an ambulance. James was suffering from a Stroke, which was caused by a massive bleed on the brain.
Clare triumphs with over £25,000 raised in triathlon challenge for The Walton Centre Charity
02 February 2023
Ahead of a more complicated surgery here at The Walton Centre, Clare wanted to take on a monumental challenge to raise money for The Walton Centre Charity.
Celebrating our amazing staff
13 January 2023
The amazing staff of The Walton Centre were recognised in the annual staff awards this week, celebrating their dedication to the very best patient treatment and care.