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Project Wingman lands at The Walton Centre to support staff with ‘first class lounge’
29 May 2020
The Walton Centre is getting a touch of the high life as Project Wingman opens a ‘first class lounge’ at the hospital.
Liverpool Clinicians create new head trauma score to tackle unnecessary referrals
30 January 2020
A score to help clinicians define mild head traumas has been developed by a team of staff from The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Walton Centre and Mersey Care staff mark Jefferson family humanitarian efforts on Holocaust Memorial day
27 January 2020
Mersey Care today joined The Walton Centre in a special ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day with the unveiling of a plaque to celebrate the actions of neurosurgeon Sir Geoffrey Jefferson and his wife Gertrude
Award-winning BBC Two documentary Hospital returns to The Walton Centre
06 November 2019
BBC Two has announced that Label1 will be returning to Merseyside for series five of award-winning documentary series Hospital this month. Filming at The Walton Centre and across several Trusts in Liverpool, the programme will air on BBC Two next year.
We're OUTSTANDING for a second time!
19 August 2019
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has been rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for a second time.
Metro Mayor officially opens innovative new garden room
09 July 2019
The Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region officially opened a new project at The Walton Centre which brings very ill patients closer to nature – one of the first of its kind in the UK.
The Walton Centre named first Surgical Spine Centre of Excellence in UK
14 June 2019
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has secured the coveted Surgical Spine Centre of Excellence (SSCoE) status from EUROSPINE.
The Walton Centre has been awarded Centre of Clinical Excellence status by Muscular Dystrophy UK
28 March 2019
The Walton Centre has been recognised by Muscular Dystrophy UK for providing outstanding care for people with muscle-wasting conditions.
The Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network celebrates five year anniversary
12 March 2019
Professionals from a number of different backgrounds gathered at The Walton Centre today to celebrate five years of the Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN).
Top marks for The Walton Centre in latest government food & hygiene ratings
17 August 2018
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust excelled once again in the latest Patient-led Assessment of Care Environment (PLACE) inspection.
Walton staff nominated for ‘Best Place to Work’ in Nursing Times Awards
31 July 2018
The Walton Centre is up for an award from the Nursing Times Workforce Summit Awards, for work on staff retention and satisfaction.
The Walton Centre named one of the top organ donation centres in the country
09 July 2018
New figures reveal there were 22 lifesaving organ donors at The Walton Centre last year, helping the UK reach its highest ever number of donors.
The Walton Centre receives ACSA accreditation
02 February 2018
The anaesthetic department at the Walton Centre has received the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA)from the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) at a ceremony on 1 February.
The Walton Centre achieves second gold award from Investors in People
16 June 2017
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, the UK’s only hospital to specialise in neurology, neurosurgery and pain services, has been awarded the coveted Investors in People Gold accreditation for the second time in a row.
CQC rates The Walton Centre as Outstanding
21 October 2016
The first specialist NHS trust in the country to be rated as outstanding without any areas deemed as needing improvement.
£2m donation from The Marina Dalglish Appeal funds new iMRI scanner
12 September 2016
A £2m donation from the Marina Dalglish Appeal will allow surgeons at The Walton Centre to scan patients during their operation.
Walton Centre is rated 'outstanding' in NHS openness league table
10 March 2016
The Walton Centre has been rated as outstanding in a NHS league table that lists organisations on their level of openness and transparency.
Former adviser to US president visits The Walton Centre
26 February 2016
US President Obama’s former health adviser Professor Don Berwick was visiting Liverpool to find out more about how trusts in the region are striving to improve care for patients.
iMRI scanner arrives at hospital thanks to £2m donation from the Marina Dalglish Appeal
20 January 2016
A powerful intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI) arrived in its new home at The Walton Centre.
The Princess Royal opens The Walton Centre's newest building
15 December 2015
The Princess Royal was in Liverpool today (Tuesday, December 15) to officially open The Walton Centre’s newest building.