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Tuesday 16th September, 4pm We’d love you to join us for the Annual Members' Meeting 2025 to celebrate the successes of 2024-25 and receive the annual report and accounts from the Board of Directors.  We will also be joined by our Aortic Surgery team who will share a presentation on...

Chief Executive Liz Bishop has announced that she will retire on 28th March 2025 after 42 years of service in the NHS. Liz joined Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital as Chief Executive in February 2024 – in a role she shared jointly with her leadership responsibilities at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. A cancer nurse...

On Friday evening, we were delighted to celebrate the outstanding work of #TeamLHCH at the LHCH Grand Awards 2025!  Roger Johnson, BBC North West Tonight Presenter hosted this year's awards.  The winning teams and colleagues were announced on the night as follows: Compassion in Care Award Winner - Knowsley Community CVD...

                        Earlier this year we were thrilled to be able to launch the LHCH Photo Competition and bring the 'Great Outdoors' back to corridors near you! We received over 200 entries from budding photographers, including patients, staff, volunteers and public, with the aim of helping us bring the ‘Great Outdoors’ inside here...

We would like to invite all LHCH patients, families and visitors to nominate an individual or team for the Patient Choice Award 2025. Please nominate a member of staff or team that you feel deserves recognition for the outstanding work that they do to care for patients and families.   Please share...

As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a year where our staff have continued to provide the best possible care and support for our patients and families.  Over the course of the year, our teams have reached service milestones, celebrated achievements and marked successes.  Read the full article using...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Flory CBE, as our new Chair, for a two-year term.   David will take up his role from 1st April 2025 alongside his existing role as Group Chair of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG). This appointment...

You can read the latest edition of LHCH Matters, the newsletter for our patients, staff and communities, by clicking the links below.  Inside this issue you can read about: - Surgical Care Practitioners complete 1000th minimal access procedure - Meet the specialist with Amanda Walthew the first Thoracic Nurse Consultant...

A retired estate agent from St Helens has become the first patient to receive treatment as part of a clinical trial in Liverpool which is aiming to slow the progression of a potentially life-threatening disease which can lead to heart failure if left untreated. Taking place at the NIHR (National...

We are pleased to share the second in a series of features where we hear from LHCH specialists about their career inspiration, experiences and achievements.  This time, we spoke to Amanda Walthew (Mandie) who is a Thoracic Nurse Consultant at LHCH with over thirty years’ experience nursing in cardiothoracic surgery....

Is your new year’s resolution to be more active?  Did you know that exercise can have a positive impact on overall physical, mental and emotional wellbeing? We caught up with the Cardiac Rehabilitation team within the Knowsley Community Cardiovascular Service who provide cardiac rehabilitation clinics across the Knowsley area. ...

Key take-aways Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a non-invasive scan used to diagnose stable coronary artery disease (CAD), which commonly manifests as angina. Measured using an artificial intelligence-based tool that analyses CCTA images, reduced coronary blood flow was found to predict future cardiovascular events and death in patients with...

We are pleased to share a new series of articles where we hear from LHCH specialists about their career inspiration, experiences and achievements.  For the first in the series we spoke to Professor Rod Stables who is a Consultant Cardiologist with an international profile in both practice and clinical research....

On Friday, our Cath Lab team carried out the first procedures here at LHCH using a new exciting, pulsed field ablation technology.  LHCH is the first hospital in the north of England providing this technology to benefit our patients with atrial fibrillation.  Atrial Fibrillation is an irregular and often very...

Patients can now use the NHS App to view hospital appointments that they have here at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.  This means details of their appointment(s) can be accessed in one place directly to their mobile device. The NHS App can be downloaded via the Apple and Google...

The latest edition of LHCH Matters - the newsletter for patients, staff and communities of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is OUT NOW.  Inside this edition: LHCH rated one of the top hospitals in the country for patient care Meet the specialist with Professor Rod Stables Behind the scenes with...

Congratulations to the Cardiac Rehabilitation team, from our Knowsley Community Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) service, who have achieved the NHS National Certification for Cardiac Rehabilitation for 2025/2026. The National Certification Programme for Cardiac Rehabilitation is a joint project between the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) and National Audit for...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has once again been named one of the BEST hospitals in the country, according to the results of this year’s national NHS Adult Inpatient Survey 2024. The survey, published today - September 9th, showed that LHCH was in the TOP three trusts in the country...

A new study has opened in Manchester which could improve screening and early detection of lung cancer for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, following a £1.3 million funding award. The University of Manchester project has been awarded the grant through the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call with support from SBRI Healthcare (...

We have been informed that essential electrical cabling works will be undertaken on Queens Drive and Thomas Drive, involving lane closures and traffic controls outside the hospital site. These extensive works will be carried out by the contractors in a staged way, beginning on Wednesday 23rd July. They are expected...

The latest issue of LHCH Matters - the newsletter for our patients, staff and communities is OUT NOW.  You can download the pdf HERE or click the image below to view the flipbook version.

This Intensive Care Week (ICU Week) we are celebrating our outstanding Critical Care professionals.  At LHCH, we have over 220 staff working in our Critical Care Unit.  We would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication in providing outstanding care for our patients and families every single day.  ...

This summer, LHCH will be running elections to fill the following Governor seats: Public Governors Cheshire – 1 seat Rest of England & Wales – 1 seat Staff Governors Registered & Non Registered Nurses – 2 seats Why should you consider becoming a Governor? The role is an important one, it will give you knowledge and insight into...

LHCH has experienced some telephone issues this morning, Wednesday 7th May 2025.  These issues are impacting telephone calls being made into the hospital.  Our teams are working to restore normal telephone service and resolve this matter as quickly as possible.

Revolutionary AI-driven 3D heart scans cut the need for invasive tests and have already saved millions of pounds, according to new analysis. Now rolled out across 56 NHS hospitals in England, the clever tech enables doctors to diagnose and treat patients with suspected heart disease much faster by turning a CT...

This April 2025, Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit colleagues are marking twenty-five years of their outstanding service.   Background The prevalence of lung cancer in Liverpool is far greater than the national average. It is the commonest cancer in the local population and the highest cause of cancer death. Unlike many other cancers,...

We are extremely proud of our Knowsley Community Respiratory Service for achieving accreditation for their Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service.  The team were assessed by the Royal College of Physicians earlier this year.  Accreditation is awarded to services which have demonstrated they meet best practice quality standards covering all aspects of a...

The five adult acute and specialist NHS Trusts in Liverpool have set out opportunities to improve care for people in the city region through a case for change. The five Liverpool Adult Acute and Specialist Providers (LAASP) consist of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT and Liverpool Women’s NHS FT,...

LHCH is the TOP ‘place to work’ in the country according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey, when benchmarked against all trusts (published March 2025). The results of this year’s survey, taken from more than 700,000 people working in NHS organisations, including all 210 trusts in England,...

It’s been one year since the official opening of the six new state-of-the-art Cath Labs here at LHCH. The facility enables thousands of cardiology and respiratory procedures to be carried out every year for the benefit of patients across Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Isle of Man and beyond. Dr...

The latest newsletter for patients, staff and the wider LHCH community is available to read now.  Please visit the flipbook or click on the image below: In this issue you will find: ‘Hub’ of the hospital – what makes Critical Care tick TargetLung Study reaches recruitment milestone One year on from...

Following on from the success of previous photo competitions here at LHCH, we are looking for budding photographers to help us bring the ‘Great Outdoors’ indoors here at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.  Shortlisted entries will be displayed on our corridor walls for patients, families, staff and visitors to enjoy....

It’s been ten years since the Medtronic Linq device was launched and implanted for the first time for our patients here at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH).  Since then, the service has gone from strength to strength with approximately 1,500 implants completed for our patients by our small but...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of James Sumner as its new shared Chief Executive.     James will assume joint leadership responsibilities at LHCH from 1st April 2025, alongside his role as Chief Executive of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG).   This appointment follows the announcement...

A new first-of-its-kind remote management model of care for patients with heart failure, is to be rolled out across the region by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH).  The ‘hub and spoke’ model, using evidence-based digital solutions, is being launched by LHCH community teams across Knowsley, Chester,...

LHCH is delighted that our heart failure rapid sequencing outcomes for our true MDT service have been published this week in the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, demonstrating fantastic outcomes and the great work of our inpatient heart failure service. Dr Matthew Kahn, LHCH Consultant Cardiologist (Heart Failure & Complex...

LHCH was delighted to feature in the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society’s (BCIS) flagship conference, Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2025, on Wednesday 30th January. Two live cases from the LHCH Catheter Labs were streamed to a distinguished panel and audience in-person at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel. LHCH Consultant Cardiologists, Dr Clare...

Course Format Seminar & Practical Workshops (lunch provided)   Acute Coronary Syndrome & Interventional procedures: TAVI; TEER; ACHD; Complex PCIs; Ablation & Pacing   About For healthcare professionals with an interest in interventional cardiology. Course attendance contributes to CPD hours in support of professional revalidation. Designed to support the development of nursing staff and AHPs...

Congratulations to James Bennett, Clinical Perfusion Scientist at LHCH, who has been awarded a PhD Fellowship by Kidney Research UK.  This project, funded by the charity Kidney Research UK is focused on assessing the ability of free haemoglobin filtration to reduce renal cell injury. After life-saving surgery on the thoracoabdominal (...

NHS Adult Acute and Specialist Providers agree to join a Group model to develop a long-term strategy for health care services in Liverpool The five Adult Acute and Specialist NHS Trusts in Liverpool have agreed to integrate our Trusts into a city-wide hospital Group and will be developing a long-term...

On 29th July 2024 we announced that the five adult acute and specialist hospital trusts in Liverpool had agreed to form a joint committee that would allow us to work more closely together to continue to deliver previously agreed recommendations from the Liverpool Clinical Services Review. This focused on improving the...

We want to keep you updated with important developments in the collaboration between the five adult acute and specialist Trusts in Liverpool over the coming months. As you may know, the Liverpool Clinical Services Review, published in January 2023, set out a number of opportunities to deliver improved health outcomes, quality...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is once again pleased to mark the annual World Heart Day events on Tuesday 29th September 2020.    In May 2012, world leaders committed to reducing global mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is accountable for nearly half of all NCD deaths making it...