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When Healthcare Assistant Megan Pape from Liverpool came into work at The Walton Centre a few weeks ago, little did she know that a normal day in the Outpatients Department was going to take an unusual turn.

The Walton Centre Charity held its 13th annual Jan Fairclough Ball at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool on Friday 15 November and once again, it was an outstanding success. Spearheaded once again by our patron, David Fairclough and family, and sponsored by our valued supporters AB Engineering, Home Bargains, and the Carpenters Group, the evening raised an impressive £57,000 with every penny going towards our Home from Home Relatives' Accommodation.

Congratulations to our Chief Executive Jan Ross, who was appointed as an honorary fellow at Liverpool John Moores University this month.

Dr Antonella Macerollo, Consultant Neurologist, has been appointed as Parkinson's UK Regional Clinical Lead for the North West.

Dr Paul Carreon is a specialist research physiotherapist at The Neurosciences Research Centre (NRC), working with patients with Huntington's Disease.

A patient treated at The Walton Centre for a brain tumour the size of a small orange is calling for more awareness of subtle symptoms that could be associated with a brain tumour.

Helen Keen, 61, from Atherton in Manchester has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia for the last nine years, but believes she’s been experiencing symptoms for much longer.

To mark Associate Specialist and Specialist (SAS) Doctors this week, we spoke to Dr Leela Reddy, Associate Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine 

The Walton Centre is delighted to have won an NHS Parliamentary Awards for its work with virtual reality in neurosurgical training and education.

As part of Organ Donation Week in late September, The Walton Centre took part in the Race for Recipients to raise awareness of organ donation. Through some amazing staff efforts running, walking, cycling, swimming, rowing and other distance exercise, Team Walton finished top of the leaderboard in the region, and second - out of over 180 centres - nationally!

A great effort to raise awareness of a really important subject.

Today is World Pharmacist Day, a day to recognise and celebrate the incredible contributions of our pharmacists across The Walton Centre.

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Amrit Ramnath, known for his highly successful Indian musical career, has donated a piece of artwork to The Walton Centre after his mother, Indian national treasure Jayashri Ramnath, was treated here for a bleed on the brain last year.

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We wanted to keep you updated with important developments in the collaboration between the five adult acute and specialist Trusts in Liverpool over the coming months.

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When Michael Morris started experiencing double vision, he thought it was just age catching up with him, and a new glasses prescription was needed. But when he got to the opticians and had an eye test, the results were far more serious.

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Mairead underwent an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) at The Walton Centre in January 2023, in a bid to relieve the nerve pain she was experiencing.