Changes to Vascular Services

A consultation event is being held to discuss proposed changes to vascular services in Merseyside and Cheshire.

The proposal is that two specialist arterial centres would carry out the most complex type of vascular surgery, rather than at local hospitals. The 2 specialist centres would be the Royal Liverpool and the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The consultation event will be held between 10am-2pm at Aintree Racecourse on 24 Feb. To book a place, contact 0800 085 1547 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information about the consultation, see www.vascularconsultation.org.uk

Views on ElderCare

Patients and carers of ElderCare's services in St Helens are being asked their views.

Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust are asking local people and organisations for feedback about ElderCare's services. There are five short questions in their online questionnaire which should be completed by 6 February 2012.

Visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/8H6T962

Caring for our future

In November, a consultation event was held in to give people a chance to give their views on adult social care services.

The event was organised as a result of the Government's consultation document 'Caring for our future' and involved St Helens, Sefton and Halton LINks.

A report from the event can be downloaded below.

icon Caring for our future response (147.65 kB)

Survey on Weight Loss Surgery

Patients, carers and the wider public are being asked to help develop future services for people needing specialised NHS weight loss surgery across the North West.

Views are needed about the kind of services which should be offered to people with morbid obesity, and whether or not certain patients should be given priority above others.

They also want to know whether patients undergoing weight loss surgery (known as bariatric surgery) would be willing to travel further to have their operation at a centre in the North West, as long as they could have their follow-up appointments in settings nearer their homes.

An online survey has been set up to encourage people to have their say at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYJ5PX3

The survey closes on 30 December 2011.

Christie Hospital Consultation

The Christie Hospital is asking people to contribute to its 20/20 Vision.

The deadline for comments is 16 December 2011.

The consultation questions can be downloaded in the PDF document.

icon The Christie Stakeholder Letter (174 kB) icon Christie 20/20 Vision (188.63 kB)

Views on Clatterbridge

A LINk member is asking for people's views and experiences on the services provided by Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.

Gerry O'Connell wants to hear about patients' and families' experiences of treatment at Clatterbridge and how they can be improved, issues of transport and travel any concerns about the future of the service.

Contact Gerry direct on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will forward your comments on.

Your views on wider choice of health providers

Halton and St Helens PCT is asking people's views on whether they would like more choice in the range of health care providers.

The NHS White Paper 'Equity and Excellence' set a goal of giving patients who are referred to a particular service, more choice of where to be treated and who by from 2012. The NHS has been asked to help test a small number of services that patients have said might benefit from a wider choice of provider. These services are:

What do you need from mental health services?

Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action (VCA) wants to hear people's views on their expectations of adult mental health services and future plans to redesign them.

The research is being carried out on behalf of Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust and the provider of its Adult Mental Health Services.

The survey can be completed online below:

http://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/talk-us-about-mental-health-services

For a paper copy, contact 01928 592405 or download the document below and return it to the FREEPOST address on the survey.

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NHS North West seeks ways of hearing views

NHS North West is looking for views on how it should communicate with the public. It is holding a series of events, the nearest in Liverpool. To register your interest in this consultation, contact Chrissy Brand on 07717 881633 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information, download the leaflet below.

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Findings on Centre for Independent Living Consultation

Centres for Independent Living provide services which help people with disabilities and long term health conditions to have more control and independence over their lives.

St Helens LINk and the Listen project were asked by the Council's Adult Social Care Department to carry out the first stage of a consultation to get people's views on a Centre for Independent Living in St Helens. This was carried out in March - April 2010 and nearly 90 questionnaires were returned by the closing date.

There is a presentation giving a summary of the findings and a full report.

Centre for Independent LIving presentation

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