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60 seconds with..... Chief Executive Jan Ross
03 August 2022
Introducing our new weekly feature, '60 seconds with.....' where we'll be sharing a quick fire Q+A with a member of The Walton Centre team so you can put a face to a name and get to know a little bit more about our staff! Starting us off is our Chief Executive, Jan Ross...
AI-based chatbot to help reduce waiting times for headache patients
28 July 2022
In partnership with Tata Consultancy Services, The Walton Centre is developing a digital solution is being developed to reduce waiting times for patients, enhance the patient experience and increase the productivity of specialists.
Feature: Mind and Body
04 July 2022
Over the last three years, the Neuropsychiatric Team has grown into a comprehensive service for both inpatients and outpatients seven days a week here at The Walton Centre.
Life-saving treatment from The Walton Centre inspires athletics club to fundraise
30 June 2022
Christmas 2021, Karen Parry, from Prescot, was making her way up to bed after a work night out when she fell down the stairs, hitting her head badly on the hall floor. Karen was rushed to the Aintree Trauma Unit. From there she was transferred to The Walton Centre for life-saving brain surgery.
Celebrating Dietitians’ Week 2022
21 June 2022
It's Dietitians’ Week this week (20 to 24 June) and to mark the week and shine a spotlight on this profession, the Trust’s Principal Dietitian Amy Carter took part in a Q&A for Health Education England.
Specialist spinal service receives Centre of Excellence award
09 June 2022
Trust has received Centre of Excellence status after delivering outstanding fully endoscopic spinal surgery to patients in Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales.
Tourette's Syndrome Awareness Day 2022
07 June 2022
To highlight Tourette's Syndrome Awareness day 2022, 20 year-old Artist Emily Bridges shares her experience of having the condition
National Epilepsy Week 2022: Emily's story
26 May 2022
My name is Emily and I am 32 years old. I was diagnosed as having epilepsy when I was 12 and have been diagnosed as having absence and tonic-clonic seizures.
‘It’s been a hard year, but what The Walton Centre has done for me is phenomenal’
25 May 2022
Over the last 25 years, Rob Anderson from Warrington has been experiencing epileptic seizures which proved difficult to control – until April last year, when The Walton Centre carried out a temporal lobectomy.
New guidelines launched for fibromyalgia syndrome
23 May 2022
New guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) have been published, the first UK guidelines for the condition. The Walton Centre pain consultant, Dr Andreas Goebel, was one of the lead authors.
First Walton Centre patient receives groundbreaking treatment for Essential Tremor
28 April 2022
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out a new service using cutting-edge treatment for people living with Essential Tremor – a neurological disorder that causes an uncontrollable shake or trembling in a part of the body.
MS awareness week - a decade of TONiC
26 April 2022
Ten years ago, the TONiC study started at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. A national study examining the factors that influence quality of life in patients with neurological conditions, it is one of the largest studies on quality of life in neurological conditions ever performed in the UK.
Walk for Walton this spring!
04 April 2022
The Walton Centre Charity is launching a new fundraising event this spring – Walk for Walton! Sign up today to join in!
Essential Tremor patient can pursue dream career thanks to an implant fitted by The Walton Centre
30 March 2022
In 2015, third year medical student Dan Pearson began to notice tremors in his hands when doing working with his hands. After a GP referral to The Walton Centre, Dan’s diagnosis of Essential Tremor was confirmed.
The Walton Centre celebrates 30th year – tell us your story!
24 March 2022
This year The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its 30th birthday!
Blog: International Women's Day 2022
08 March 2022
Miss Catherine McMahon is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Lead for Trauma and Hydrocephalus here at The Walton Centre. To highlight International Women's Day, she has looked at how women feature in Neurosurgery, and the need for numbers to increase
Brain tumour treatment inspires Jennifer to pursue career in psychology
04 March 2022
After collapsing on the high street in Southport holding her baby son, 26 year old Jennifer Dorian was told she had a small brain tumour near her occipital lobe.
New book released on team approach to complex rehabilitation
03 March 2022
Leading clinicians in rehabilitation have come together to write a new book on the interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach to complex physical rehabilitation.
New Chairman announced at The Walton Centre
21 February 2022
The Walton Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Max Steinberg CBE as the Chairman of The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
Potentially life-threatening brain condition gone thanks to treatment at The Walton Centre
10 February 2022
When Matthew Brooks woke up one morning with a headache, he knew that what he was experiencing was unusual. He went to Whiston Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department, and later investigations revealed that Matthew had an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM).