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On this day ten years ago, we celebrated the official opening of Cherry Ward by Sir Bruce Keogh, former National Medical Director at NHS England.  Cherry Ward is a ten-bed facility at LHCH dedicated for the care and treatment of people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF).  LHCH provides specialist adult CF...

We are pleased to share the next instalment of our Meet the Specialist series where we hear from LHCH specialists about their role, experiences and hopes for the future.  This time we spoke to Damien Cullington, Consultant Adult Congenital Cardiologist (ACHD) and ACHD Clinical Lead, who discussed the role of...

James Sumner, Chief Executive of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group)*, has announced that he will be leaving in the coming months until the appointment of a successor. James joined the organisation as Chief Executive of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in April 2022 and was subsequently appointed...

When we came together to form the LAASP (Liverpool Adult Acute and Specialist Providers) programme, the aim was to reduce clinical service fragmentation and improve patient care for the communities that we serve through closer collaboration and integration. Over the last 18 months we have worked together to explore how this...

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...

Congratulations to Justin Chiong, Cardiology Specialty Registrar and Academic Clinical Fellow in Cardiology who has been awarded a Clinical Research Training Fellowship by the British Heart Foundation.  This is an impressive achievement and even more so as it’s the first time a fellowship of its kind has been awarded...

It’s just over a week away until this year’s national Moisture-Associated Skin Damage (MASD) Awareness Day which takes place on Thursday 19th March.  The MASD national awareness day, now in its fifth year, was created by the LHCH Tissue Viability Nursing team in partnership with Medline.   The awareness...

To coincide with International Women’s Day, which we celebrated earlier this week, we are pleased to share the next instalment of our Meet the Specialist series.  This is where we hear from LHCH specialists about their career experiences, inspiration, achievements and hopes for the future.  This time we spoke...

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool (UHL) Group is inviting you to share your views on its new five-year strategy. We have a once in a generation opportunity to make bold changes and transform patient care for the future. A lot has changed since the NHS was founded 78 years ago. Using...

Valentine’s Day is a special time of year, but for one mum from Lytham St Anne’s, it’s even more poignant as she celebrates the birthday of her young daughter – something she feared she might not see when faced with the prospect of life-saving aortic surgery. Emma, 35, was...

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 thrilled to announce that Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) has been awarded Elevate Education Business Partnership (EBP) 2026 Patron Status in recognition of our dedication to supporting young people across the Liverpool City Region.  This acknowledgement reflects our ongoing commitment to helping the next generation explore their career...

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....

Do you want to help improve research for patients?  Want to have a positive impact on patients? Have an interest in research? Want to improve research for patients? We are looking for volunteers to join our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group entitled 'PARTNER'.  Patient and Public Involvement and...

Back in 2023, the Cardiac Surgery team at LHCH introduced a minimal access surgical approach called Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH). The Surgical Care Practitioner team, who carry out this procedure, are exceptionally proud to have completed their 1000th EVH procedure for cardiac patients since the launch of this service. Vein harvesting...

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 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...

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...

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...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has today, Tuesday 9th September, been ranked one of the top trusts in the country with the  introduction of a new NHS National Oversight Framework - a tool by which all NHS Trusts are to be measured. LHCH ranks 4th out of 134 hospitals in the...

We have been informed of a road closure, due to core maintenance works, that will take place on Thomas Drive West tomorrow (Friday 15th August).   During this period, travel disruption in the surrounding area of the hospital site is inevitable with delays and queuing traffic anticipated. Please allow extra time...

18 months since undergoing major heart surgery at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH), Alex Groves is determined to leave his mark on the world of professional rugby.   However back in in January 2024, the prospect of continuing his promising career was a real concern for the 24-year-old, as he first met...

A Cheshire dad has shared his story after the sudden death of his brother led to the discovery of a hidden genetic condition – and a life-saving diagnosis for multiple family members.   Simon Clarke, 31, lost his older brother Mike, to a heart attack in 2015. The 29 year old collapsed during a football...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today, we were excited to host an ‘Introduction to Respiratory Physiology for Speech and Language Therapists (SLT)’ course here at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.  It’s the first time LHCH has provided this course in partnership with the National SLT Respiratory Clinical Excellence Network (CEN).  SLT professionals joined us...

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...

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 (...

From October 2024, North West School of Radiology, aka NWSOR or the deanery - the regional stakeholder responsible for the clinical radiology training in the North West of England - has appointed two LHCH Consultants as cardiac and chest subspecialty co-leads - Dr Linu Kuruvilla and Dr Monika Radike. The roles...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has received a new award for social value in health. The Social Value Quality Mark: Health Award launched in November 2023 through a partnership with the Social Value Quality Mark CIC and NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit. The Bronze Award recognises the efforts that...

A new NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre will bring cutting-edge commercial research to communities in Cheshire and Merseyside. As part of the NHS 10-year health plan, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced plans to establish 20 Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDCs), giving patients access to pioneering clinical...

Jan Green (pictured) is a Cardiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH).  Jan, having worked as a Hospital Coordinator at LHCH previously, re-joined as a trainee in her current role in 2019.  In 2023, Jan observed that there were inconsistencies in practice for the prescribing...

Questions you may have and answers about this cyber incident What does this mean for the NHS? The NHS takes the security of people’s data very seriously and we are working with the National Crime Agency on this incident.  Hospital services remain unaffected and continue to run normally, and...

The minimally invasive system allows two leadless pacemakers to communicate for the first time – which is set to revolutionise care for patients at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital with slow or irregular heart rhythms. Each component is smaller than a AAA battery and roughly one-tenth the size of a traditional...

More than 10% of cancers found through the national NHS lung health check programme have been detected in Cheshire and Merseyside – after a  successful rollout of the checks in our area over the past few years. More than 5,000 people in England have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier, thanks to the...

An embedded standard of care at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) using remote monitoring technology for patients with heart failure and cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs )in situ , has been supported nationally, with the recent endorsement by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Two algorithm-based technologies, ...

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...

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...

This year's LHCH Grand Awards took place in Liverpool City Centre on Friday 22nd November 2024.  #TeamLHCH and event sponsors joined together to celebrate the fantastic achievements of our teams and individuals over the last year.  Leanne Campbell, Radio DJ, hosted the awards ceremony.   We were, once again, indebted to all...

We are delighted to share that the cardio-oncology service, established in 2019 by LHCH and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, has been awarded gold status as a Centre of Excellence from the International Cardio-Oncology Society. To achieve this the team had to demonstrate our local and national clinical caseload, publication output, educational...

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...

The Cath Lab team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were pleased to host a two-day valve academy earlier this week.  The event, sponsored by Boston Scientific, focused on sharing learning and best practice in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).  TAVI is a minimally invasive procedure used...

The LHCH Research team are proud to have been recognised as the joint first patient recruiter and the lead recruiter across the UK in the OPACE trial.  OPACE is a respiratory based trial which is focused on optimising azithromycin prevention treatment in COPD to reduce exacerbations. There are currently 1.2 million...

This year, our amazing Aortic Team are celebrating 25 years of excellent aortic care at LHCH.  During this time the team have completed over 3,200 major complex aortic operations.  This includes operations on the root and ascending aorta, thoracoabdominal aorta and emergency Type A aortic dissections. On 20th-21st June, LHCH hosted...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to share the wonderful news that Dr Helen Bonwick, Specialist Palliative Care Consultant and Medical Examiner here at LHCH, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to palliative care. As well as her...

Since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has rolled out a remote patient monitoring system, in partnership with Boston Scientific, for our patients with pacemakers.  Patients have no longer been required to attend in person for their routine pacemaker follow up appointments. Instead, they...

Senior cabin crew member, Georgia Morton, will be keeping her feet firmly on the ground when she takes on the Great North Run for charity on 8th September - less than a year since undergoing life-saving, major heart surgery. Georgia, 27, from Edenthorpe in Doncaster, who works for 2Excel Aviation, wanted...

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 2023. The survey, published today - August 21st, showed that LHCH was TOP in the country for the ‘confidence and...

We stand together as one team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, a team that includes people from many different ethnic, faith, national, cultural and social backgrounds. Every one plays a vital role in making sure we can deliver expert, compassionate cancer care to our patients. We simply could not...

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 NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) is one of the first trusts in the country to provide a new life-changing treatment to heart patients. Mavacamten, a NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) approved drug for NHS use, has recently been made available at the twice-outstanding...

The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service Team were delighted to carry out their first SV-ASD/PAPVD stent implants at LHCH recently. Two patients experiencing significant symptoms due to their Sinus Venosus ASD with partial Anomalous Pulmonary venous drainage, but who were unable to undergo heart surgery, were thrilled to be...

We are looking for a special volunteer for the role of Public Governor at our specialist heart and chest hospital. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust treats the people of Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Isle of Man, Lancashire and Rest of England & Wales. From 27th September, governor elections...

A retired technical operator and mechanical engineer is set to take on a gruelling 500-mile, six week hike to raise funds for a hospital charity after he received life-saving surgery. 65-year-old David Scott from Haydock hopes to complete the historic Camino de Santiago challenge next month and raise funds for...

Ten years ago this month, at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held in Washington DC, researchers from LHCH presented the results of a clinical trial that would go on to have a massive, international impact both on cardiology care and on approaches to how clinical research...

Mr Richard Page pictured fourth from left on his final day with his operating team yesterday. It’s been almost 40 years since Mr Richard Page, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, first stepped foot into LHCH, then known as the Regional Adult Cardiothoracic Centre (RACTU), as a Senior House Officer (trainee doctor). A...

We were thrilled to welcome Lady Dodd to our Cardio-Oncology service on Wednesday to view the new state of the art 3D Echo machine which the Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation helped us to purchase.  This equipment will facilitate fast and accurate screening that our cancer patients who have, or are...

LHCH is the TOP place to work in the country according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey 2023, when benchmarked against all trusts. The results of this year’s survey, taken from more than 700,000 people working in 268 NHS organisations, including all 213 trusts in England, also showed...

World Sleep Day is 15th March 2024.  The key message for this year is ‘sleep is essential for health’.  We caught up with our Respiratory Diagnostics team (sleep team are pictured above) who run a specialised sleep clinic which helps to diagnose Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA).   This is one of over 80...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) is honoured to join an elite group of hospitals around the world who have successfully validated against the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) international EMRAM Stage 7 standards.   EMRAM – the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model – assesses a health facility’s...

In the summer of 2023, specialists at LHCH launched a new monthly cardio-respiratory meeting consisting of a cardiologist, chest physicians, clinical academics, specialist cardio-respiratory physiotherapists, pharmacists, and physiologists. This Specialist MDT now has an international reach, aiming to rationalise the multi-disciplinary cardio-respiratory management, with a particular focus on chronic respiratory disease,...

A multi-million-pound state-of-the-art cardiac facility has formally opened in Liverpool. The brand-new catheter laboratory development at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) will enable thousands of cardiology procedures to be carried out every year to benefit patients across Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Isle of Man and beyond....

A new Biobank in Liverpool will become the central facility for the storage of biological material used in research for the Liverpool Clinical Research Facility (CRF). The National Institute for Health Research Liverpool CRF is a partnership between Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH), The Clatterbridge Cancer...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Liz Bishop as its new shared Chief Executive, following a formal recruitment process.   Liz will assume joint leadership responsibilities at LHCH from 1st February 2024, whilst continuing as Chief Executive of The Clatterbridge Cancer...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Manoj Kuduvalli as the Trust's new Medical Director. Mr Kuduvalli, who is a Consultant in Cardiac and Aortic Surgery, joined LHCH more than 20 years ago as a specialist registrar in cardiothoracic surgery, before being appointed Consultant Cardiac...

LHCH is delighted that following three years of construction work, its Catheter Laboratories (Cath Labs) redevelopment project will officially open in early 2024. The redevelopment has enabled a significant upgrade on the existing facilities to introduce six state-of-the-art, modern, safe Cath Labs for the delivery of outstanding patient care. The layout...

Jane Tomkinson OBE, Chief Executive at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH), is to take up a substantive position as Chief Executive for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (COCH). Announcing her departure, LHCH Chair, Val Davies congratulated Jane on her appointment and expressed her thanks...

This year's LHCH Grand Awards returned in person, for the first time since the start of  Covid-19, and took place in Liverpool City Centre on Friday 17th November.  Congratulations to all our shortlisted and winning teams and individuals.  We are indebted to all of our sponsors this year for sponsoring...

Week 3: Freedom to Speak Up Blog - Meet Karan Wheatcroft, FTSU Executive Lead Our focus on FTSU has never been stronger, and whilst we were commended by the National Guardians Office for being in the top 5 organisations in the country for FTSU we know there is more we need to...

This week NHS England national Healthcare support Team are running a Healthcare support worker week to celebrate successes and stories of our HCSWs. Our healthcare support colleagues are a crucial part to our workforce and without them we wouldn't be able to provide outstanding care for our patients and their...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s Respiratory Diagnostics team (pictured) are pleased to open bookings for their successful Spirometry Training Course.  The training course will run in person at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital over two days*.  Day one of the course will focus on Performing Spirometry and and day...

LHCH is one of the best hospitals in the country to receive care and to work according to the results of this year’s national NHS Adult Inpatient Survey 2022. It showed that LHCH was rated one of the TOP TWO trusts in the country for ‘overall patient experience, and BEST...

Have you been a patient, relative or visitor at LHCH in the last twelve months? If so, we'd like to invite you to nominate the LHCH member of staff/ team that have made a huge difference to your LHCH experience this year. Complete the Online Nomination Form to nominate the...

LHCH is delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023, in the category Patient Safety Education and Training.  LHCH acknowledges international nurses possess many skills and have accumulated many nursing experience years prior to arriving in the UK. The international nurse’s development programme...

Caristo Diagnostics Limited, a global leader in cardiac and vascular disease diagnostics and risk prediction, announces today that it is deploying its latest CaRi-Heart® technology in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals as part of a new coronary artery disease (CAD) management pathway pilot. The new pilot supported by NHS England...

Following on from the success of last year’s first Annual Members Health Event, we are delighted to invite our members to join us for this exciting free health day within our Outpatients Department.   We are planning the event will be even bigger and better and is set to include: •...

Dr. Jay Wright, Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital will present on the specialist subject of Cardiac Devices on 9th April 2014, 7.30pm at the Wrexham Medical Institute in Wrexham. The presentation will be delivered in jargon free terms and will include the following: An outline of those patients...

We are delighted that Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been successfully accepted by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) as a training centre for cardiothoracic imaging.  The recognition means that visiting fellows have an opportunity to spend up to three months within our radiology department, experiencing another training environment...

Liverpool celebrity and star of BBC’s Holby City and Torchwood, Louise Delamere, is backing Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital's Red Dress Campaign to raise awareness of heart disease in women. Celebrating 10 years of its Red Dress Campaign, LHCH launched the Campaign at the Liverpool Echo building in February 2004, to...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust received two prestigious national awards this week in recognition of its outstanding dedication to improve patient experience. The Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA), which took place in Birmingham on Wednesday 5th February, is the UK’s leading patient experience awards, showcasing...

Mike Ward will always be an iPhone fan, after a serious heart problem was  diagnosed using his own device. Although the 42 year old, from Cheshire, had experienced dizzy spells for a number of weeks, he initially put these down to stress or drinking too much caffeine. It wasn’t until...

A hospital in Liverpool is celebrating half a century of specialist heart and chest services. In early 1964, the city’s first dedicated cardiothoracic unit was established at what is now known as Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) - the leading and largest single site heart and...

A major study claims that routine use of heparin rather than bivalirudin could improve outcomes for heart attack patients, while at the same time reducing costs for healthcare organisations amounting to billions of dollars globally. Listen to interview on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme with Dr Rod Stables (skip forward 40minutes...

The quality of care that patients receive at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) NHS Foundation Trust is the best in the country. For the seventh time in eight years, the Trust has been rated top in the country for overall patient care in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) National...

On 5th April 2014, LHCH opened its doors to the 4th Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Patient / Family & Physician Forum. The event was again organised by Michael Roberts, Aortic Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Sarah Bradley, PA to the Aortic Team. Forty patients and family members arrived at the forum where they were soon...

Merseyside’s specialist heart and chest hospital has officially opened its innovative new ward for patients undergoing a day case procedure. It comes as part of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s £3m development, which confirms the Trust at the forefront of delivering day case cardiovascular care. Councillor Gary Millar,...

The Trust is holding our next Medicine for Members events on Wednesday 4th June 2014 at 7pm in the Bridge Suite, Select Security Stadium, Halton, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7DZ. Sharon Faulkner, Cardiac Rehabilitation Facilitator from the Knowsley Community Cardiovascular Disease Service will discuss the subject of Cardiovascular Disease and...

A new report highlights the impressive clinical outcomes achieved by Merseyside’s specialist hospitals. The report by the Federation of Specialist Hospitals (FSH) follows NHS England’s plans to reduce the number of providers of specialised services from 270 to 30 or fewer. The Federation, which represents hospitals including The Clatterbridge Cancer...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital will be hosting a series of events as part of this year’s Arrhythmia Alliance Heart Rhythm Week (2-8 June 2014), to raise awareness and promote better understanding of heart rhythm disorders (cardiac arrhythmias). Taking place at locations across Knowsley, the hospital’s Knowsley Community Cardiovascular (...

Dietitians at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital are joining with healthcare colleagues around the country to raise awareness of their profession as part of a national campaign. From 9-13 June they will be celebrating the world's first Dietitians Week led by the British Dietetic Association (BDA). The week, which aims...

Staff at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital are in the running for a number of prestigious national awards. Following a review by the Nursing Times Awards 2014 judging panel, LHCH has been successfully shortlisted in four categories, as follows: Respiratory Nursing category - An autonomous nurse led chest drain clinic; making...

Following the results of the elections published on Thursday 19th June, I am pleased to welcome and congratulate two new Governors, Trevor Wooding and Sharon Hindley who will join the council at the close of the Annual Members Meeting (AMM) on Monday 29th September 2014.  In addition to this, further congratulations...

  Cardiologists and cardiac physiologists from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, in conjunction with The Vital Sounds Foundation (VSF) raised awareness of heart health by holding a cardiac screening event on Saturday 16th July at Everton Football Club. Young men and women, aged 15-35 years, were invited to attend the free...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) is encouraging people in Merseyside to become more dementia friendly, by hosting a series of free ‘Dementia Friends’ information sessions.  The one-hour sessions will take place at the hospital site, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE, on: 10th Sept 2-3pm 18th...

A study day for cardiologists, specialist nurses, geneticists, genetic counsellors and cardiac physiologists, was held on November 19th at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The Liverpool Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions (ICC) study day, organised by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital along with Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital...

Event: Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science Annual Symposium Date: Tuesday 30th September 2014 Venue: Royal College of Physicians, London. Please click here for details of the full programme. The event commences at 12noon and ends with a drinks reception at 5pm.    For further details or to book a place, please...

For many years Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) has pioneered service user involvement in all aspects of the hospital environment. Nowhere is this more evident, than in research. Research features prominently in LHCH's strategic planning, with the objective of improving the health of patients through research...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is inviting people to showcase their creative talentsfor the benefit of patients, families, staff and visitors, by running a photography competition throughout October and November 2014. If you’ve got an eye for a great picture and are handy with a camera, why not share your...

Wednesday 15th October at 7pm at the Ramada Plaza, Promenade, Southport, PR9 0DZ with Dot Price, Senior Chief Clinical Physiologist at   Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust   Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition that causes interrupted breathing during sleep.   It is a relatively common condition that affects...

Rugby League star Paul Clough has generously presented a cardiac diagnostic machine to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. The Bradford Bulls prop and former St Helens player, an official ambassador for the ‘Have a Heart Foundation’, visited the hospital recently to hand over the machine to heart specialists. Liverpool Heart...

A heart specialist at Liverpool Heart and ChestHospital has been recognised nationally for his work in caring for patients with abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Dr Dhiraj Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist, was presented with the ‘Outstanding Individual’ award at the Arrhythmia Alliance Excellence in Practice Awards 2014, for his contribution to arrhythmia services....

A summer garden party organised by Rotary Club of Bradford Blaize, has raised £1,000 for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Appeal. The Rotary Club decided to raise funds for the Appeal, following the excellent treatment given to one of its members, Graham Robinson, by the aortic surgery team at Liverpool Heart...

A team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been successful in securing funding from NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) to improve care for patients undergoing major surgery. The £50,000 award will be used by the Trust to enhance team performance by developing ‘shared mental models’ to optimise communications...

A Liverpool musician is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for the specialistLiverpool hospital which saved his life, by holding a fundraising concert later this month. Kevin Rearden, 51, is inviting music and comedy lovers, both young and old, to join the event at the Epstein Theatre on Friday 28th November ...

Owen Young and Michael Wadeson were just four years old when they completed an iron man challenge in support of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Appeal. The energetic cousins, from Ashton in Makerfield, entered the Iron Kids 500m fun run event in Bolton Town Centre, determined to raise valuable funds...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is one of the safest and lowest risk hospitals in England, according to the latest intelligent monitoring report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the country, providing specialised services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology,...

Two nurses from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital were given a festive surpriserecently, when Everton boss Roberto Martinez made an unexpected visit to their tour of Goodison Park. The Evertonian nurses, along with 26 other nurses from hospitals across Merseyside, had been invited to the Club’s stadium under the impression...

A major study has been published by The Lancet claiming that routine use of heparin rather than bivalirudin could improve outcomes for heart attack patients, while at the same time significantly reducing costs for healthcare organisations globally. Researchers at LHCH conducted what they believe to be the largest single-centre trial (...

Increasing awareness about heart disease amongst women continues to be a top priority for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and the reason why we launched our Red Dress Campaign. On Friday 1st February 2013 we are joining forces with our partners, the USA Heart Truth Campaign, to raise awareness of heart...

Free health event for LHCH Members   Saturday 2nd February 2013, 10am - 2pm Is your new year’s resolution to eat healthy food, lose weight or do more exercise?  To tie in with National Heart Month we will be holding a free Health Event at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital between 10...

A major conference examining the increasing importance of Patient and Family Centred Care in today’s NHS will take place at the Crowne Plaza, Liverpool on April 23rd. The conference, organised by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in association with the US-based Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care, will...

“Sudden Cardiac Death in Sport and in Young People” – Wednesday 13th March, 7.30pm at Wrexham Medical Institute, Wrexham Dr. Johan EP Waktare, Consultant Electrophysiologist at Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, will present on the causes of sudden cardiac death in young people and how this relates to sports men and women. ...

Sunday 28th April 2013 We’re hoping that our 7th Annual Hope Mountain Hike will break all records for our hospital’s Appeal, by being the greatest Hike we’ve ever organised and, guess what?  We’d love you to join us. The event consists of a 10 mile sponsored walk through...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been praised as an “excellent example” of patient care in today’s NHS by the country’s most senior nurse. Jane Cummings praised the achievements of staff at the hospital in developing and implementing its pioneering Patient Vision at a conference in Liverpool. Ms...

Arena and Convention Centre, Monarch’s Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP   The Trust will host its fifth biennial Aortic Surgery Symposium on 24th and 25th May 2013.  This symposium aims to create an interactive environment to allow delegates and faculty to review important areas in aortic pathology and advances in surgical and...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Symposium is taking place on 28th June 2013. Hosting the event will be Dr Kamlesh Mohan, Consultant Respiratory Physician, and Mr Michael Shackcloth, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, both from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.   Joining them will be: Dr P Walker, Consultant Respiratory...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce the successful launch of its state-of-the-art electronic patient record (EPR) system. The new and innovative system, one of the most advanced in the country to be implemented, is a major step forward for the Trust and will really...

LHCH in partnership with Knowsley Care Commissioning Group, has won a prestigious national award for the work it has been doing to provide high quality care to people in their own communities with respiratory conditions. The Knowsley Community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Team was named the overall winner in...

Staff at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in the running for several prestigious national awards. The Trust has been successfully shortlisted in three Nursing Times Awards 2013 categories, two additional categories in the Health Service Journal Awards 2013 and a further shortlisted entry in the EHI Awards 2013. Following...

A bride-to-be who discovered her own heart tumour less than three weeks before her wedding day, walked down the aisle on Saturday, after surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust successfully carried out a pioneering keyhole heart operation. Amy Sherwood, who works as an echocardiographer in North...

Invitation to the annual symposium Wednesday 2nd October 2013  12noon – 6pm at the  The Royal College of Physicians Confirmed speakers include: Professor Dame Carol Black (ICMS Chair) Professor Henry Krum (Head of Clinical Pharmacology Unit; Director, Monash Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics) and Professor Peter Weisberg (Medical Director...

Jane Tomkinson, former Director of Finance at NHS North of England, takes up the post following the departure of Raj Jain, who has moved to Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network as Managing Director after five years at the Trust.    

The third Liverpool Live Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Course is taking place on November 11th & 12th.   The course, organised by Dr Archana Rao, Consultant Cardiologist at LHCH, is targeted at advanced device trainees, consultants, senior cardiac physiologists and specialist arrhythmia nurses. It aims to provide such healthcare professionals with a...

The third Liverpool Live Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Course is taking place on November 11th & 12th.   The course, organised by Dr Archana Rao, Consultant Cardiologist at LHCH, is targeted at advanced device trainees, consultants, senior cardiac physiologists and specialist arrhythmia nurses. It aims to provide such healthcare professionals with a...

NHS England and E-Health Insider this week launched a new Clinical Digital Maturity Index (CDMI) - a benchmarking tool that enables trusts to better understand how investing in, then effectively using information technology, can improve patient safety and deliver efficiencies. We are delighted that Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust marked World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day, by partnering with the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to support a team of its professionals who help improve the health of patients in Knowsley with severe respiratory disease.  As part of the BLF Nurse...

Festive fun in aid of a ‘good claus’ came to Knowsley this week, when local residents took to the streets for a 1mile Santa walk. The residents, dressed in Santa hats, festive costumes and special t-shirts, were all cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reaffirmed its reputation for high quality healthcare, after winning the ‘Best Cardiac Services’ Award at the Advancing Quality Awards 2013. The inaugural event, at the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester, recognised and showcased the achievements of NHS trusts that have put the Advancing...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital recently received the results from the PLACE Inspection (Patient Lead Assessment of the Care Environment) which took place earlier in the summer. We are delighted to announce that the Trust achieved high ratings for each area of the assessment, which covers: Cleanliness  Condition, Appearance & Maintenance ...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital recently received the results from the PLACE Inspection (Patient Lead Assessment of the Care Environment) which took place earlier in the summer. We are delighted to announce that the Trust achieved high ratings for each area of the assessment, which covers: Cleanliness  Condition, Appearance & Maintenance ...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been shortlisted in the CLAHRC NWC Priority Award category (NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast), at the 2017 North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards. The title of LHCH's shortlisted project is, Knowsley Multidisciplinary Community Cardiovascular Disease and...

Clinicians at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital now have access to non-invasive technology that will help them identify the appropriate treatment approach for patients with coronary artery disease. The technology, called the HeartFlow FFRCT Analysis, is the only non-invasive technology to offer physicians insight into both the extent of a...

A cardiac surgeon from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital recently carried out a successful heart operation on one of Myanmar’s leading politicians. Professor Aung Oo, Consultant Aortic Surgeon at LHCH, led a team of 17 specialists in performing the 6 ½ hour operation on Phyo Min Thein (pictured below), Chief Minister of...

This year’s national NHS Staff Survey, published this week (Tuesday 7th March 2017), scores Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) as the best hospital to work and receive treatment. 95% of LHCH staff recommended their own organisation as a place to receive treatment – more than any other hospital and the highest...

Health: Truth or Scare Journalist and presenter Angela Rippon recently visited Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital to spend time in the Catheter Laboratories, on the wards and in our pharmacy to hear more about the 14,000 aspirin tablets that are used every month and how new used for this 120 year old...

National Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Dr Henrietta Hughes, recently visited Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital                        Liz Pritchard, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian at LHCH, said: “We were delighted to welcome Dr Henrietta Hughes. It was a great opportunity to hear about the development of Freedom to Speak Up networks...

Patients have once again rated Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital as one of the best hospitals in the country. The results were revealed in the Care Quality Commission’s National Inpatient Survey 2016 (published May 31st 2017. As one of the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospitals in the country,...

We are delighted to be hosting our seventh biennial Aortic Surgery Symposium here in Liverpool. Friday 30th June - Saturday 1st July 2017 Arena and Convention Centre, Monarch’s Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP  In keeping with the tradition established during six previous symposia, we will endeavour to create an interactive environment...

Pulmonary rehabilitation patients attending the Breathe Programme at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital can now access instant advice about managing flare-ups using their mobile devices. The resource was developed in a move to embrace digital technology and make the programme’s advice and support services more accessible. It uses augmented-reality...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is organising an interactive educational TAVI evening on Monday 26th June from 6.30pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool Airport. The event will be of interest to general cardiologists, physicians, GPSI, and specialist nurses. It is aimed at presenting the progress of the Cheshire and...

Former Liverpool Echo journalist Tony McDonough talks about his journey to recovery thanks to the team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and the Royal Liverpool Hospital.    Tony McDonough, now a PR consultant with YB News is making a marvellous recovery following a triple heart bypass in December last year....

A recent independent study on the impact of Liverpool’s Healthy Lung Programme has found that it is improving early detection rates for lung cancers and undiagnosed COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Liverpool has one of the highest mortality rates for lung cancer in England, and it’s also estimated...

A £2 million campaign has been launched by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity to establish the UK’s first robotic heart and lung surgery programme. The new robotics programme will enable more patients requiring specialist cardiothoracic treatment to benefit from cutting edge surgery. Heart disease kills someone every six minutes...

Liverpool actor and The Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson has pledged his support to a new hospital charity campaign to bring robotic heart and chest surgery to the city.    The campaign has been launched by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity to establish the UK’s first robotic heart and...

Saints stars have pledged their support to a new hospital campaign that could benefit St Helens heart and lung patients requiring surgery. A new £2 million public fund raising campaign has been launched by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity to establish the UK’s first robotic heart and lung surgery...

Local and national prize winning artists have joined together for an online art auction to raise money for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity. Called, ‘Mardi Gras Requiem’, the online auction is open until Friday 28th July with an exhibition of the auction items taking place from 19-28th July ...

BBC North West Tonight visited Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital to find out more about plans to establish the UK’s first robotic heart and lung surgery programme. (courtesy of BBC North West Tonight and reporter Katie Walderman) A £2 million campaign has been launched by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to be hosting an aortic dissection conference on Tuesday 19th September to mark the second annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day.  Aortic Dissection Awareness Day is a day when more than 20 countries around the world join together to hold events, connect people and create...

A fire fighter from Dudley in North Tyneside is preparing for pain, as well as embarrassment, in order to raise funds for the hospital that cared for his father-in-law during the last three months of his life. Whilst Darren Stephenson, 36, hopes to complete the famous Great North Run for the...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity is calling on the public to give a timely boost to its #10000Tenners campaign by donating their soon to be replaced paper £10 notes. With the introduction of the Bank of England’s brand new polymer tenner today, Thursday 14th September, replacing the old paper £10...

The University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital are holding an exciting programme on 23rd October 2017 showing how recent advances in medical technology can help patients manage their heart conditions and keep healthy.  Meet the researchers involved and learn more about how you can impact future research in...

Radio City Talk and the team from The Anfield Wrap, invited Mr Manoj Kuduvalli, Associate Medical Director, and Mary Liley, Head of Fundraising, into the studio recently to find out more about Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital's plans to establish the UK’s first robotic heart and lung surgery programme....

The local NHS in Liverpool is teaming up with Macmillan Cancer Support to help raise awareness of lung cancer during Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November. Liverpool currently has one of the highest mortality rates for lung cancer in England, and it’s also estimated that there’s around 6,000 people...

Surgeons from across the UK and Ireland got the chance to learn and experience surgical treatments for a rare cardiovascular condition recently, at the 4th annual aortic masterclass session in Liverpool, funded by Heart Research UK. Led by some of the country’s leading aortic surgeons from Liverpool Heart and...

NHS England announced today a new configuration of congenital heart disease services across England following public consultation earlier this year. The new plans are being launched to ensure that congenital heart disease services across the country meet new NHS England clinical standards so that patients receive consistently high quality services...

Our annual 'Best of the Best' LHCH Outstanding Awards was held on Friday 1st December 2017 to celebrate the work and successes of our staff and volunteers.  Congratulations to all of our nominated and shortlisted individuals and teams.  The winners on the evening were as follows:  Compassion in Care Award:  Sarah...

A guest lecture is taking place at LHCH on Wednesday 24th January and we are delighted that Professor Gregory Lip, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Birmingham and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, will be presenting on:  ‘Atrial fibrillation & Stroke: From Epidemiology to Pathophysiology and Risk Assessment’...

The UK’s leading cardiothoracic specialist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH), has announced plans to share its reputation for high quality clinical care and patient experience with a new global audience. The Trust, which was the first specialist trust in the country to be rated ‘outstanding’...

Opportunity to join our Council of Governors Date: 12 February 2018 03:01 Notice of election has been given to fill 2 Public Governor Seats in the North Wales Constituency.   As an ‘Outstanding’ (Care Quality Commission 2016) specialist heart and chest hospital our ambition is 'to be the best - leading and delivering outstanding heart and...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to announce the launch of the UK’s first robotic heart and lung surgery programme.   The new robotics programme will enable more patients requiring specialist cardiothoracic treatment to benefit from cutting edge surgery. Heart disease kills someone every six minutes and it’s...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital ranked top in the country, among similar organisations, for eight out of 32 key findings in the latest NHS Staff Survey 2017. Published this week (Tuesday 6th March), the findings showed LHCH came top for the following findings. Support from immediate managers Effective team working Highest % of...

Congratulations to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital's Research Patient Ambassador, Keith Wilson, on winning the Outstanding Contribution to Patient and Public Involvement Award at last night's North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2018 (Thursday 8th March 2018).   The North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2018 is a collaborative celebration event hosted...

We were delighted to host a Wetlab training session recently where delegates spent an afternoon performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.  As an 'Outstanding' Trust, we have a responsibility to provide high quality training to all our registrar and tier 1 doctors and to deliver the necessary knowledge and experience....

LHCH has pioneered service user involvement in all aspects of research conducted at the hospital for many years. The Service Users Research Endeavour (SURE) group, founded in the early 2000s, works alongside the Trust’s Research Committee to appraise, monitor and complement Research Projects from a service user’s point...

As an ‘Outstanding’ (Care Quality Commission 2016) specialist heart and chest hospital our ambition is 'to be the best - leading and delivering outstanding heart and chest care and research'. By becoming a Governor you could help us achieve this ambition, shape the future of our hospital and have a voice...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has successfully treated its first patients in a multi-centre European clinical study, SHINE, which aims to evaluate a brand new technology for treating atrial fibrillation (AF). The SHINE study is an early-man pre-approval study evaluating Biosense Webster’s multi-electrode radiofrequency (RF) balloon catheter (Helios balloon)...

The UK TAVI trial is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-utility of TAVI, compared with conventional surgical aortic valve replacement, in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, who are at intermediate or high operative risk. Over the past 4 years, 34 participating centres enrolled a total...

For the ninth time in 12 years, patients have rated Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as the best hospital in the country. The results were revealed today (Wednesday 13th June 2018) in the Care Quality Commission’s National Inpatient Survey 2017. As one of the largest single site specialist heart...

The University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have appointed Professor Gregory Lip as part of a new initiative to establish an internationally-leading Centre for Cardiovascular Science in the Merseyside region. Professor Lip is a clinical researcher with a major interest into atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been shortlisted for four prestigious national awards. The ‘Outstanding’ CQC rated specialist Trust, which was also recently rated the TOP hospital in the country for ‘overall patient experience’ in the National Inpatient Survey, has been shortlisted by Nursing Times Awards 2018 in the following categories:...

A family from Llandudno Junction are hosting a night of live music and entertainment to say thank you to the hospital that saved their Dad. Bob Davies, 65 years, underwent lifesaving heart bypass surgery at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in 2017 and thanks to the quality of care and treatment that...

An inter-disciplinary meeting bringing together clinicians, engineers and life scientists to explore state-of-the-art in aortic pathology research. Date: Tuesday 17th July 2018 Venue: School of Engineering, University of Liverpool Hosted by: Dr Riaz Akhtar (r.akhtar@liverpool.ac.uk) Key topics include: Biochemistry and biomechanics of ascending/thoracic aneurysms Surgical challenges...

On 5th July 1948 the NHS was born and therefore this year marks the 70th birthday of the NHS - the nation's much loved institution.  Along with healthcare organisations across the country, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is celebrating this special birthday and as well as many LHCH staff sharing their...

New European consensus guidance, with endorsement from international societies, was issued this month on the management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.  This key work in atrial fibrillation was chaired by our new Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine...

The BBC has announced that series four of award winning documentary series Hospital will return to BBC Two next year filming across several Trusts in Liverpool.  It will continue to unveil the incredible work that goes on at some of the country’s largest NHS Trusts to ensure patients get...

Public urged to find out their ‘heart age’ with 50 preventable deaths from heart attack or stroke happening every day across England 4,243 people die from a heart attack or stroke each year in the North West Around 1 in 4 deaths are among under 75s which could be prevented if people take action...

Diagnosed with atrial fibrillation?  Want to know more about your condition and its treatment?  Hear from the professionals at the Liverpool AF Support Group. Join us and gain advice and support from our friendly group.    Date and Time: Saturday 29th September 2018, 2pm, Conference Room, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital  Topic: ...

An adventurous sales rep aims to stand on top of the world, as he steps up plans for a 17 day trek to the base camp of Mount Everest in October, in support of a charity close to his heart.  Forty four year old Simon Martin, from Newton-le-Willows, is raising money...

This week (Friday, 28 September 2018) former Liverpool Football Club manager Gérard Houllier OBE will help launch a new internationally-leading research centre to improve the cardiovascular health of the Liverpool City Region. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of deaths and disability within our localities. In addition, despite impressive reductions...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital was delighted to support this year's World Heart Day (Saturday 29th September 2018).   Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science On Friday 28th September, LHCH partnered with University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Health Partners for the launch of the new Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular...

Former Liverpool Football Club manager Gérard Houllier returned to Liverpool on Friday to help launch a new collaborative research initiative to improve the heart health of the Liverpool City Region.   Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has partnered with The University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Health...

Liverpool City Council and NHS Liverpool CCG have signed up to the Local Government Declaration on Healthy Weight, developed by charity Food Active in partnership with Directors of Public Health. It was launched at Blackburne House on Tuesday 13 November. Nearly two thirds of people in the city are overweight or...

For many years Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has pioneered public and patients involvement in all aspects of the hospital environment. Nowhere is this more true than in Research. Research features strongly in the Trust’s strategic planning. The objective being to improve the health of patients through research and...

People from Merseyside are benefiting from a unique partnership scheme that could see those involved secure permanent employment or an apprenticeship.   The 13 week programme delivered by Hugh Baird College, sees those taking part benefit from an 8 week work placement within an NHS trust in areas such as Healthcare, Facilities Management,...

Our annual 'Best of the Best' LHCH Grand Awards was held on Friday 30th November 2018 to celebrate the work and successes of our staff and volunteers during the year.  Congratulations to all of our nominated and shortlisted individuals and teams.  The winners on the evening were as follows:    Excellent, Efficient,...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new director to its executive team.     Jonathan Develing will take up the post of Director of Strategic Partnerships from 1st January 2019.   In 1980 Jonathan started his NHS career in general and psychiatric nursing, before moving into strategic health management. He...

The Chief Executive of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been awarded an OBE in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. Jane Tomkinson, who joined the Trust in October 2013, received the award for services to NHS Finance and Finance Staff Development: “I was humbled and delighted when I...

Watch more from Granada Reports A critical care staff nurse from LHCH has spoken of her delight at being selected to make her international debut for Great Britain at the European Triathlon Championships 2016 in Lisbon. The competition starts on Thursday 26th May and runs through to Sunday 29th May. Myka...

As part of #HeartMonth, one of our Heart Rhythm Cardiologists, Dr Mark Hall, reveals what life is like at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital - the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the country. Tell us about your career as a heart specialist? “As a child growing...

The Department of Health has today (Wednesday 9th March 2016) published a new ‘Learning From Mistakes League’, ranking trusts on their ‘openness and honesty’ based on data on safety reporting and the NHS staff survey. The table splits trusts into four divisions: those with ‘outstanding levels’ of openness and transparency, those...

What’s your view on our services?   England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals is inviting members of the public to tell his inspection panel what they think of the services our trust provides.    All NHS organisations undergo inspection of their services, and when the inspectors visit us in April they...

What do you think about our health services?   Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspectors will be visiting the hospital with a stall in our shared main entrance on Thursday 14th April from 12-3pm.  If you or your family have used our hospital services in the last year, then why not...

The Liverpool area has become the first in the UK to have all NHS trusts - including Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital - signed up to a service that enables them to hear from patients, and use this feedback help improve their services. So far 1,500 patients from Liverpool have told...

Notice of election has been given for a public governor vacancy in the Rest of England and Wales constituency, along with two Staff Governor vacancies.   The Notice of Election has been given and is available to download here. Interested in playing a part in our future? By becoming a Governor...

Today’s research is tomorrow’s medicine Join us for our first health event of 2016 on Thursday 26th May at 7pm at Wrexham Medical Institute,  Wrexham Technology Park, LL13 7YP. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a centre of excellence for research and innovation and Ian Kemp, Research Nurse at...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Merseyside’s specialist heart and chest centre, has officially opened two new wards. It comes as part of a considerable investment made to expand the hospital's services for patients and families. Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director at NHS England, was delighted to formally open...

Breathing easier Dr Dennis Wat, Consultant Respiratory Physician for LHCH’s Knowsley Community Respiratory Service will provide a talk on respiratory conditions including ‘Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease’ (COPD) on Tuesday 14th June, 7pm, Village Hotel, Fallows Way, Whiston, L35 1RZ.  Dr Dennis Wat will provide a simple explanation of this ...

Would you know what to do in an emergency? Join Peter Hannaford, Resuscitation Training Officer at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital for an interesting and interactive session providing the opportunity to learn key life-saving skills that could prove vital in the event of an emergency. This free event will take...

For the eighth time in 10 years, patients have rated Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as the best hospital in the country. The results were revealed on Wednesday 8th June 2016 in the Care Quality Commission’s National Inpatient Survey 2015. As one of the largest single site specialist heart...

Father’s Day has always been poignant for young brothers Callum and Liam Sergent, but this year they decided to show their heartfelt gratitude to the hospital that saved their dad’s life. Earlier this week the brothers returned to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) with a generous donation...

NHS England today announced proposals that could see all patients who require surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) including those with complex and life threatening conditions in the North West of England, North Wales and the Isle of Man treated in Liverpool. A partnership of four Liverpool hospitals including Alder...

A man whose wife underwent a life-saving heart operation in Liverpool has signed up for a charity 5k colour dash and family fun day to raise money for the hospital that saved her life. As a ‘thank you’ to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH), Marc Flackett, aged 33, is set...

Don't forget our Annual Members' Health Event and Open Day on Saturday 10th September, 10am - 1pm within the shared main entrance, Walsh Road.     On the day there will be: A health marketplace including nutrition and hydration advice and the opportunity to meet our Knowsley Community Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) team,...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is delighted to announce that it has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). LHCH becomes the first trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and the first specialist trust nationally to be awarded the ‘Outstanding’ rating, and is one of only eight trusts...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is once again inviting people to showcase their creative talents for the benefit of patients, families, staff and visitors, by running our second photography competition throughout October and November 2016. If you’ve got an eye for a great picture and are handy with a camera,...

LHCH is recruiting now and is hosting an Open Day for registered nurses and student nurses due to qualify on Saturday 29th October, between 10am-3pm. Book your place now and head down to meet the 'Outstanding' care team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. In September, the Care Quality...

A grateful wife is running two half marathons to raise money for the hospital that treated her husband. Pat Thomas, 56, from Rhos-on-Sea decided to run for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital after her husband Scott discovered he had a serious heart condition while using his new smart watch.  She bought...

The World Ju-Jitsu Federation (WJJF) has given a hospital charity an early Christmas bonus, to say thank you for the lifesaving treatment given to one of its members.  Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity (LHCH Charity) received the generous £1000 donation from the Fazakerley-based Federation, one of the largest Ju-Jitsu organisations...

The Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Cheshire and Merseyside, sets out how the health and care system can remain fit for the future and respond successfully to the growing demands that are being placed on it, alongside ambitious ideas to improve the health of people living and working in...

Our annual 'Best of the Best' LHCH Outstanding Awards was held on Friday 2nd December 2016 to celebrate the work and successes of our staff and volunteers.  Congratulations to all of our nominated and shortlisted individuals and teams.   The winners on the evening are as follows:    Compassion in Care:  Robert Owen...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital was delighted to welcome Rossie and Simmo and the Radio City 2 breakfast team on Monday 5th December, to turn on the Christmas lights in our onsite accommodation for relatives - Robert Owen House.  The team were joined by a choir from Formby High School music...

An inspirational young heart patient has been chosen to appear in the brand new music video for Rebecca Ferguson’s latest single, Superwoman.    The former X-Factor star’s new single features a number of women with amazing stories to tell, including 25 year old Becky Morgans.  Becky, from Old Colwyn in...

The Chairman of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded an MBE in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.  Neil Large, who joined LHCH in 2006 as a non-executive director before becoming Trust Chairman seven years ago, received the award for services to the...

Opportunity to join our Council of Governors Notice of election has been given to fill a vacancy on our Council of Governors as follows: - 1 Public Governor for North Wales Constituency The Notice of Election can be downloaded below: Notice of Election Interested in playing a part in our future?...

Cardiac surgeons from across the UK have taken part in a national Masterclass to learn a new surgical technique that could save the lives of their patients who need aortic surgery. Led by Miss Deborah Harrington and Mr Aung Oo, Consultant Cardiac Surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to have been awarded £208,900 by the Department of Health’s Nurse Technology Fund. The funds will enable the Trust to purchase devices that wirelessly transmit observations such as a patient’s blood pressure and pulse directly into the electronic patient record. The technology...

A Valentine’s wish came true for a young Merseyside couple, when they tied the knot on Saturday.   Katherine Hester, 25, from Woolton, and Elliott Doyle, 31, from Cronton, married at St Mary’s Church, Woolton, on Valentine’s Day. The couple, who have worked together for three years at Debenhams in...

This year’s hike will take place on Sunday 26th April 2015. Hope Mountain Hike is one of our most popular events of the year and we would be delighted if you could join and help us raise money for our hospital appeal. Join us for a 10 mile sponsored hike in...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has announced the winners of its recent inaugural photography competition. The contest, which was open to patients, visitors, staff as well as members of the public, attracted scores of keen photographers from across the North West with 250 high quality entries submitted.  Local photography enthusiast, Brian...

Saturday 28th March 2015, 10am – 2pm  Outpatients Department, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Thomas Drive, L14 3PE   An opportunity to: Look behind the scenes in our Operating Theatres, X-ray and Pulmonary Function Departments. Treat yourself to Wow factor accupressure treatment Have a lifestyle assessment or blood pressure check....

Liverpool's specialist heart and chest hospital will be holding a Dementia Friends session for members of the public on Wednesday 20th May 2015, 7.30pm at Wrexham Medical Institute, Wrexham, Wrexham Technology Park, LL13 7YP.  The event, held in conjunction with local community group, Wrexham Health Support Groups, will form part of...

A world leading lung cancer specialist has been recognised with a prestigious award at the recent European Lung Cancer Conference 2015 in Switzerland. Professor Pieter Postmus, Consultant in Thoracic Oncology at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, was recognised by the European Society for Medical Oncology and the...

We are delighted that the University of Liverpool has recently awarded richly deserved accolades to two consultants at LHCH. Mr Aung Oo, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, has been awarded the post of Honorary Chair, whilst Dr Martin Walshaw, Consultant Chest Physician, has been recognised as Honorary Professor. Further details will appear...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is marking International Clinical Trials Day on Wednesday 20 May – on site at the hospital, on local radio and on Twitter! All are welcome to join staff, patients, families and visitors in our main entrance between 10am - 3pm to find out more about clinical trials...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to have been announced as joint winner of the CHKS Top Hospitals data quality award for specialist trusts 2015.  The CHKS Top Hospitals awards celebrate excellence throughout the UK and are given to acute sector organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality and improvement....

Dr Dennis Wat, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Onnor Hampson from the Trust's Knowsley Community COPD Service will provide a presentation on 'COPD' on Tuesday 16th June, 7pm, Select Security Stadium, Widnes. The event will mark national Breathe Easy week and is open to all. The session content will include: What...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) NHS Foundation Trust has once again scored amongst the very best NHS trusts in the country, according to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest National Inpatient Survey, a position it has held for the last nine years. The annual survey asked the views...

The Trust will shortly be running an election for the following Governor vacancies within the public constituency: Merseyside - 3 seats Cheshire - 2 seats North Wales - 2 seats Rest of England and Wales - 1 seat. The Notice of Election has been given and can be downloaded now. Interested in playing a...

We are delighted to be hosting a Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema Symposium on Friday 5th June 2015. Hosting the event will be Dr Kamlesh Mohan, Consultant Respiratory Physician, and Mr Michael Shackcloth, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon. During the symposium, there will be a live MDT discussion on potentially suitable cases for...

Everton in the Community’s partnership with the Vital Sounds Foundation (VSF) and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital reached a significant milestone recently when the 1000th individual received a free heart screening test via the initiative.  Goodison played host to a screening event, facilitated by the Club’s official charity,...

Please see below statement regarding yesterday's media report: Professor Aung Oo, Cardiac Surgeon and Associate Medical Director for Surgery at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, said: “It is important to emphasise that at no time was the safety of the patient in question put at risk. “Our arrest procedure was...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) celebrated Reserve Forces Day (Wednesday 24th June) by paying tribute to staff who combine their duties of contributing the very best patient care, whilst also serving the UK Reserve Forces.  Reserve Forces make up approximately one sixth of the country’s Armed Forces personnel....

Friday 26th - Saturday 27th June 2015 Arena and Convention Centre, Monarch’s Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP  We are delighted to be hosting our sixth biennial Aortic Surgery Symposium here in Liverpool. In keeping with the tradition established during five previous symposia, we will endeavour to create an interactive environment to...

A support group has been launched specifically for patients who have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Have you been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation? Do you want to know more about your condition and its treatment? Hear from the professionals at the new Liverpool AF Patient Support Group. You can...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) has been selected as part of apilot group of specialist heart centres across Europe to pioneer a newly approved leadless pacemaker. It has become the first hospital in the North West and only the fourth centre in the UK to trial the new device. ...

The Trust has been advised that the M62 will be closed from Junction 5 to Junction 4 between 10pm on Friday 31st July to 5am on Monday 3rd August 2015.  Motorists are therefore advised to source an alternative route. This is due to essential works being undertaken to a footbridge over the motorway...

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Meet the Team at LHCH LHCH is recruiting and plans to host an Open Day for potential candidates on Saturday October 17, between 9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4.30pm Exciting opportunities are available now to start and develop your career at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. We're looking for candidates who: share...

The latest edition of Members Matters is now available to download by clicking here. Inside this issue: Top ratings for LHCH introducing your new Governors Join our 'Shineathon' this Christmas If you would like a paper copy of Members Matters please contact the Membership Office on 0151 600 1410 or email Membership.Office@...

Important Travel Information Greystone Bridge, M62 - near the western end of the M62 in Liverpool.   We have been advised that Knowsley Council are set to erect a new footbridge over the M62 in Roby. As a result, the M62 will be closed from 10pm on Friday 9 October to 5am...

Christmas is such a special time of year. A time for family and friends to let each other know how much they mean to us and why they make our lives so special.  What better way of doing this than by putting your message in writing and leaving it with...

When keen amateur golfer John Charlton started to feel unwell, he feared something serious and wondered when he would next pick up his clubs.   Yet just eight days after undergoing major surgery at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH), John was back on course to tee off and put his...

Our first 'Best of the Best' LHCH Grand Awards was held on Friday 4th December 2015 to celebrate the work and successes of our staff.  Congratulations to all of our nominated and shortlisted individuals and teams.  The winners as announced on the evening are as follows: Compassion in Care Award -...

BBC Two’s award-winning documentary series Hospital (6 x 60’), a co-production with the Open University, will return for a fourth series on 10th January, made by Label1 – the creators of School and Monkman and Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain. For the first time, Hospital captures the day-to-day life of six...

Clinical Research Network North West Coast Appoint Jane Tomkinson OBE as Chair The Clinical Research Network, North West Coast (CRN NWC) has announced the appointment of LHCH Chief Executive, Jane Tomkinson OBE, as Chair of the Network’s Partnership Board with immediate effect.  The Network’s Clinical Director Professor Martin...

The emergency heart attack treatment service at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is 10 years old. In January 2009, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital launched a Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) service to treat emergency heart attack patients. 10 years on, thousands of patients and their families from Merseyside, Cheshire and beyond have...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital ranked one of the top in the country in the latest NHS Staff Survey 2018. Published this week (Tuesday 26th February), the findings showed LHCH was the highest scoring specialist trust in the country for the following findings. Staff recommendation of the organisation as a place...

A double lung transplant patient with cystic fibrosis, is taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Snowdon, to say thank you to the hospitals that have cared for him.  Ben Daughtry, 36 years from Accrington, has been a patient with the cystic fibrosis service at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH)...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is once again inviting people to showcase their creative talents for the benefit of patients, families, staff and visitors, by running our third photography competition throughout April, May and June 2019. If you’ve got an eye for a great picture and are handy with a...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has recently implemented a leading-edge bed management system provided by Silverlink Software.  The hospital is one of the leading specialist hospitals in the country and has a reputation for delivering outstanding patient care. The new system allows beds to be managed using intuitive touch screens...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Non Executive Directors to its Board. Professor Robert Burgoyne and Karen O’Hagan officially join the Trust’s Board of Directors on 1st April and 1st May respectively.   Professor Burgoyne has enjoyed a...

We are delighted to be hosting our eighth biennial Aortic Surgery Symposium here in Liverpool. Friday 28th June - Saturday 29th June 2019 Arena and Convention Centre, Monarch’s Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP  In keeping with the tradition established during seven previous symposia, we will endeavour to create an interactive environment...

Following the recent successful launch of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is now pleased to announce the launch of two new specialist clinics for atrial fibrillation and hypertension.  The atrial fibrillation clinic will start at LHCH from Tuesday 2nd April and the...

This month, a new team of eight Physician Associates (pictured above with their LHCH mentors and the Project Manager) commenced their roles within the Knowsley Community Respiratory Service as part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Respiratory Improvement Programme. What is a Physician Associate (PA)? PAs are healthcare professionals with a...

We are delighted that a number of staff at LHCH have been recognised by the University of Liverpool and awarded honorary positions. Dr Dhiraj Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist, has been made an Honorary Professor in recognition of his extensive research work. Mr Mark Field, Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon, has been...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been shortlisted for the CHKS Top Hospitals programme data quality Specialist Trust award 2019. The CHKS Top Hospitals awards celebrate excellence throughout the UK and are given to acute sector organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality and improvement. The data quality award for specialist...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to an increased risk of dementia, even in people who have not suffered a stroke, according to the largest study to investigate the association in an elderly population. In addition, the study, published in the European Heart Journal [1], found that AF patients who took oral...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is delighted to announce that it has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the second time. In September 2016, LHCH became the first specialist trust in the country to be awarded the ‘Outstanding’ rating, and has once again been given the...

The National Guardian’s Office has launched a new Freedom to Speak Up Index – a benchmarking tool that enables trusts to understand the importance of fostering a positive speaking up culture.   Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH), recently rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission for a...

Patients with cystic fibrosis who take ivacaftor appear to have fewer respiratory infections over time than those not taking the drug, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene....

Aorta: Structure to Rupture takes place on Wednesday 25 September 2019 Venue: Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool The 2nd annual meeting of the Liverpool Aortic Biomechanics and Biochemistry (LABB) Research Group aims to bring together clinicians, engineers and life scientists to explore state-of-the-art in aortic pathology research.   Key topics will include: Biochemistry...

Combined Council of Governors and Annual Members’ Meeting Join us at 4.30pm on Monday 23rd September at LHCH Conference Room, Research Unit, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, L14 3PE Celebrate our successes of 2018-19, receive the annual report and accounts from the Board of Directors and hear a...

New grant funding for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital could help detect life-threatening inherited heart conditions in hundreds more people across Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. The hospital has received funding which will pay to improve cardiac and genetic screening services for inherited conditions such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The...

A new study, presented as ‘Late Breaking Science’ at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, highlights the feasible use of mobile health (mHealth) devices to help with the screening and detection of a common heart condition. Atrial...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) was delighted to welcome eminent cardiologist Professor Tatjana Potpara this week, to deliver a key visiting lecture critically reviewing the field of atrial fibrillation and to talk about her latest work. ‘Contemporary management of patients with atrial fibrillation: The known knowns, and known unknowns.’    ...

Patients with possible heart conditions are set to benefit from a new joint cardio-oncology service being established by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC). The new service, launching this autumn, will see close collaboration between oncologists and cardiologists from the two trusts to provide cardiac...

We're delighted that Dr Sarah Sibley, Respiratory Consultant, has been named Physician Associate Supervisor of the Year at the Royal College of Physicians' Faculty of Physician Associates 4th National CPD Conference. Dr Sibley was recognised as follows: "Dr Sibley is an outstanding leader was has taken her own time to...

BBC Two today announces that Label1 will be returning to Merseyside for series five of award-winning documentary series Hospital. Filming across several trusts in Liverpool, including Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the programme will air on BBC Two next year. Hospital is one of BBC Two’s...

Professor Rod Stables has been appointed to the role of Clinical Lead for the British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative. This vital role will provide the essential clinical leadership to support the planning and delivery of world-class clinical research in all aspects of cardiovascular disease. Prof Stables is consultant cardiologist...

Congratulations to all the nominees of this year’s ‘Best of the Best’ LHCH Outstanding Awards 2019.  All the winning and highly commended individuals/teams were presented with their awards at our annual awards event on Friday 29th November as follows:  Excellent, Efficient, Compassionate and Safe Gold Awards There were nine...

  We are currently recruiting for the roles of Registered Nurse (RN) and Registered Nursing Associate (RNA). Interested in joining our Outstanding Trust? Find out more about working at LHCH at our Nursing Recruitment Open Day on Saturday 11th January 2020 at 10am in the LHCH Conference Room (entrance situated on Walsh...

Almost 40 nurses of all grade levels across the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) took part in a ‘vox-pop’ to say why they love working at the specialist hospital. Between them, the Liverpool-based team has worked at the trust for more than 400 years – that’s about a decade’s service...

Liverpool’s leading specialist heart and chest hospital trust has started the process of vaccinating its most vulnerable patients and frontline staff against COVID-19.     Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to be joining the biggest immunisation programme in the NHS’s history.   Dedicated vaccinators have today...

   Blue Monday is on Monday 18th January and is the day of the year that it is believed we feel our lowest. Help us turn Blue Monday into Brew Monday and share a socially distanced brew with colleagues and check in with members of your household.  It’s also important...

Earlier today, the 5,000th person received their first vaccine injection since LHCH opened the doors to its Covid-19 vaccination hub less than 3 weeks ago.   Jenine Cryle, from Stockbridge Village, has worked as a paramedic for West Midlands Ambulance Service for the past four years. She was thrilled to finally receive...

Comparing COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule Combinations (Pfizer and Astra Zeneca) Volunteers over age 50 years of age are invited to apply to take part in the above study (excluding those who have received a COVID -19 vaccine or had a laboratory confirmed COVID -19).   Participation will include 5 or 6 visits over 12 months.    If...

Following reports that there are new variants of Covid-19 present in our local areas, please note that we are not cancelling any face to face appointments at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. Any patients who have received an appointment to attend in person at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital should...

A horticulturalist who was treated at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is saying thank you with specially named flowers. Nursery owner Keith Jones whose blooms are sold around the country and abroad, named a rose after the hospital’s ‘Heartfelt Thanks’ campaign, with £5 donated to the charity for each rose...

The Centre brings together world-leading specialists from the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Liverpool Health Partners to tackle one of the biggest causes of death and disease in the North West. Since it was established in February 2019, affiliated researchers have published more...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital’s Respiratory Diagnostics team are pleased to open bookings for their first Spirometry Training Course.  The virtual training course will run over two days on 22nd and 23rd April and hosted via Microsoft Teams.  Day one of the course will focus on Performing Spirometry and...

Five specialist nurses who clocked up a total of 189 years before retiring have returned to work at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as they love it so much. The five are Alison Hulme, Sue Oakes, Valerie Wallace, Lynn Trayer-Dowell and Janice Dunne. The last year has been...

It is fantastic that 2020 is the Year of the Nurse in recognition of the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. We'll be celebrating our outstanding nursing team throughout 2020 and will be sharing their amazing stories during the year. Please look out on social media for updates using the hashtag #YearoftheNurseandMidwife If...

Hundreds of nurses who have often fled conflict or persecution abroad to settle in Britain are currently unable to practice, despite being fully qualified in their own countries. Some of them have come to Liverpool where they are being ‘oriented’ as NHS nurses by Liverpool John Moores University’s School...

Liverpool is leading the way in finding lung cancer early thanks to a revolutionary screening programme. The Liverpool Healthy Lung Programme, which was set up in 2016 by the Liverpool Commissioning Group, has now seen 100 local residents with diagnosed with the disease. The programme invites residents aged 58-75 with a history...

Military colleagues from the Vaccine Quick Reaction Force, deployed to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital for a two week period, are delighted to support its covid vaccine centre and the continuing vaccine roll out across the North West. Joining forces with the clinical teams at LHCH, the service personnel have...

LHCH is one of the best hospitals in the country according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey. The survey results of 280 NHS organisations, published on Thursday 11th March, showed that LHCH was the TOP specialist trust in the country for five key themes: Safety Culture...

Date: 20 January 2020 12:31 The buyers group, made up by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (ES), who acts as lead procurer, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (UK), Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa (ES) and Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (ES) published the contract notice on 16th January 2020 in both...

Aortic Dissection kills more people in the UK each year than road traffic accidents. In 2016, a small group of survivors got together and set out to change the UK Aortic Dissection landscape. This is their story, so far... David Owens is a 21-year old aeronautical engineer, photographer and amateur film...

LHCH is delighted to have been announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, as one of the second wave of trusts welcomed on to the Digital Aspirant Programme.      The Digital Aspirant Programme is a national digital scheme to support NHS trusts to improve their Digital Maturity and in turn help enable...

Label 1 Television and the BBC are delighted to be returning to Merseyside for series five of the award-winning documentary series Hospital. Filming across several Trusts in Liverpool, the programme returns to BBC Two this week. Hospital continues to unveil the incredible work that goes on at some of the country’...

Three cystic fibrosis patients at the specialist Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have described how they have been saved from serious illnesses and potential lung transplants, thanks to a new drug therapy, Kaftrio. In total 222 patients at LHCH have been treated with Kaftrio, a triple drug treatment, transforming their lives...

On 14th February 2020, LHCH became the new hosts of Mary Seacole Local Programme for Cheshire and Merseyside. Have you recently moved into, or looking to step up to your first leadership role? Designed for those looking to move into their first formal leadership role, or those new to first time...

LHCH is one of the best hospitals in the country to receive treatment according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey. The survey results, published on Tuesday 18th February, showed that LHCH was the top specialist trust in the country for 22 key findings including: Staff being...

A cyclist from Crewe is riding to the furthest four compass points of mainland Britain, to say ‘thank you’ for the exceptional hospital care that his wife has received for many years.  Stephen Kay, 37, completed the ‘Furthest Points’ challenge by motorbike over five days in July 2010, but decided he wanted...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is seeking to appoint two new Non-Executive Directors - one general and one finance. Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital is a successful organisation and has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. Whilst we have much to be proud of, we recognise the need to...

More than three million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been delivered across Cheshire and Merseyside. Listen to BBC Radio Merseyside presenting live from LHCH (skip forward to 2:13:00)  Liverpool University student, Lauren Allwright, 22, received the three-millionth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 earlier today, June 21, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital....

This summer, LHCH will be running elections to fill the following Governor seats in the public constituency: Merseyside – 1 seat Cheshire – 3 seats North Wales – 1 seat Rest of England & Wales – 1 seat   By becoming a Governor you could support us achieve our ambition to ‘be the best – leading and delivering outstanding heart and...

A special ‘Diddy Man’ has been unveiled by Lady Anne Dodd at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in memory of her late husband, the great Sir Ken Dodd and in recognition of their support of the hospital and its charity over many years. As the most well-known member of the ‘...

A new exhibition of portable antique sewing machines has been opened in Penmaenmawr… by a heart surgeon from Liverpool. Displaying part of 76 year-old Frank Meldrum’s classic collection, the ‘So Handy’ gallery has finally become a reality, thanks in part to the specialist care and treatment he received earlier this...

A new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, highlights the feasible use of mobile health (mHealth) devices to help with the screening and detection of a common heart condition. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart rhythm condition that causes an irregular and sometimes, abnormally fast...

Information for Patients and Visitors Patients Due to the current national Covid-19 (Coronavirus) situation, to reduce risks to patients, visitors and staff, and in line with national guidelines, a number of changes to outpatient appointments have been put in place with immediate effect. All outpatient appointments will be held via...

Coronavirus and Diabetes - What can I do to reduce my risk? The data shows there are risk factors which can put you at an increased risk of poorer outcomes if you catch coronavirus – including weight and if you have a history of high blood sugar levels. We’re not...

England’s Chief Nurse has today reminded the public that everyone accessing or visiting healthcare settings must continue to wear a face covering and follow social distancing rules. Covid restrictions will end in many settings in England from Monday. However, Public Health England’s infection prevention control guidelines and hospital...

The Coronavirus/Covid 19 pandemic has brought many challenges for the NHS and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. More than ever we need dedicated and enthusiastic Governors to help support and shape our strategic recovery plans.  Notice of Election has been given to fill the following Governor seats:...

Patients have once again rated Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital as one of the best hospitals in the country. The results were revealed in the Care Quality Commission’s National Inpatient Survey 2019, published yesterday (2nd July 2020). As one of the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospitals in the...

The Liverpool city region has some of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) within the UK. World Heart Day, which is celebrated every year on 29th September, seeks to raise awareness of how people can help themselves to be more heart healthy. The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS),...

Celebrate our successes of 2020-21, receive the annual report and accounts from the Board of Directors and hear a report from our Governors along with details of our future plans and service developments. This is also a perfect opportunity to share views and ask us any questions you may have...

A nurse who set up a support group for colleagues who are unpaid carers outside work has won a prestigious award. Joanne Shaw, who works for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, won the NHS England-sponsored Commitment to Carers category of the RCN Nursing Awards 2021. Ms Shaw, the...

As the region’s Coronavirus NHS free travel scheme comes to an end, we want to express our gratitude to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Merseytravel. Over the last four months, our NHS staff have been able to travel on buses, rail and Mersey Ferries for free, while...

LHCH Governor Elections – Your Opportunity to Vote Please note that Notice of Poll has been published for the LHCH Governor Elections.  Foundation Trust members eligible to vote will by now have received ballot papers to vote for their preferred candidate(s).  This only applies to eligible members within the following...

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...

A new international research collaboration to accelerate the development of much needed antibiotics for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung infections has been established. Supported by £750,000 of funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the CF Foundation in the United States, the Strategic Research Centre will develop new laboratory methods to make...

A brand new education centre that will help to train and provide ongoing learning to cardiothoracic healthcare staff, has been officially opened at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH). The new Sir Ken Dodd Knowledge and Education Centre, named after the world-famous Liverpool entertainer, was formally opened by Lady Anne...

The University of Liverpool and local NHS partners are investing in a major new programme of immunology cancer research to help translate new discoveries into novel treatments for patients as quickly as possible. World-leading experimental cancer researcher Professor Christian Ottensmeier has been appointed to lead a team of interdisciplinary researchers,...

The Trust Chaplains have kindly recorded a special virtual Christmas Carol Service, which also features the incredible voice of mezzo soprano, Danielle Louise Thomas.

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital recently became the first heart centre in the UK and EU to acquire the world's first and only fully autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) driven robotic transcranial doppler (TCD) ultrasound system for use in open aortic arch surgery.   Thanks to the support of LHCH Charity, LHCH...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce that it has achieved the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6 rating. The twice outstanding rated specialist trust has a long history of development and investment in digital technology and earlier this year launched a...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is delighted to announce the appointment of Val Davies, as its new Chair.   Val will take up her new role as Chair from 1st April 2022. Val brings with her a long-standing career in business development, consultancy and strategic planning, alongside extensive board-level NHS experience as...

We are delighted to be hosting our ninth biennial Aortic Surgery Symposium here in Liverpool. Saturday 25th June - Sunday 26th June 2022 Arena and Convention Centre, Monarch’s Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP  In keeping with the tradition established during eight previous symposia, we will endeavour to create an interactive environment...

Three friends and neighbours from the same road in South Liverpool, have joined forces to restore a communal garden, despite all experiencing heart health problems.  All residents at Springwood Court, Allerton, Kerry Harrald, 59, Dorothy Burgess, 73 and Stephen Felton, 65 came together through the pandemic with their shared interest in gardening and...

A Liverpool led research initiative has been awarded more than £2.5m in funding from the National Institute for Health Research for a project to develop technology to improve kidney health in people living with heart failure. Background Almost a million people in the UK live with heart failure, most of...

The NHS in the North West today joins with the health service across the country to launch a new lifesaving campaign to encourage people to dial 999 when they are having early signs of a heart attack. Backed by celebrities including One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson and Sky...

People living in Cheshire and Merseyside are set to benefit after researchers in Liverpool have been awarded £5.3m to investigate new treatments for some of the most common diseases and health problems affecting people in the region. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded the funding to the...

A group of Cheshire students are set to take on a mammoth charity ‘rowathon’ that will see them stroke up to one million metres in 24 hours!   The rowing enthusiasts, from Years 10-13 at The Grange School, Hartford, plan to smash the million metre milestone from the School’s indoor rowing...

Hospitals pilot AI technology to monitor people with potentially serious heart conditions at home, with one trust seeing a reduction in waiting times to just a matter of days - potentially helping to avoid strokes and heart attacks   Hospitals in England are trialling a new monitoring device that patients wear...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital cardiology team join up with Heart Valve Voice and Valve for Life to offer free heart checks in Liverpool City Centre   UK heart valve disease charity, Heart Valve Voice, and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital cardiology team are offering free heart checks from a pop-up...

LHCH is one of the best hospitals in the country to receive care and to work according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey 2021. The survey results of 280 NHS organisations, including all 217 trusts, were published on Wednesday 30th March 2022, and showed that LHCH was the TOP ...

It’s not often you meet a world champion, but to meet a world champion who has smashed three world records in a sport she’s been competing in for less than a year is truly remarkable. However, 26-year-old Rebecca Slater from south Liverpool is not just a remarkable athlete...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) and the University of Liverpool recently opened a new Mobile Spirometry Unit. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Janet Beer joined LHCH Chief Executive, Jane Tomkinson in visiting the new mobile unit that will be used by the LHCH Respiratory Team to provide a comprehensive service for...

A combined action plan is needed to optimise the treatment and rehabilitation of patients who experience stroke and associated heart disease. Putting patients and their care givers at the centre of this approach is crucial with a holistic approach including education and lifestyle advice of vital importance, alongside clinical practice....

Join us during World Heart Rhythm Week where we will be joined by our Heart Rhythm Nurse Specialists, Kelly and Rosily, who will provide a presentation on Atrial Fibrillation (AF). They will discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments of AF with a Q&A session at the end.  All welcome....

There are 7.6 million people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK, and it is the largest cause of premature death in deprived areas. However, it's also been identified as the single biggest area where the NHS can save lives over the next 10 years. This has inspired Liverpool Heart and...

We are currently running an election to find one Public Governor for the Cheshire Constituency.  As an ‘Outstanding’ rated (Care Quality Commission 2016 and 2019) specialist heart and chest hospital, our ambition is 'to be the best - leading and delivering outstanding heart and chest care and research'.  By becoming a Governor...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is proud to be shortlisted for Trust of the Year and the Staff Wellbeing Award at this year’s HSJ Awards, recognising outstanding contribution to healthcare and earning the opportunity to showcase their achievements on a national platform. More than 1000 entries were received for...

There are 7.6 million people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK, and it is the largest cause of premature death in deprived areas. However, it's also been identified as the single biggest area where the NHS can save lives over the next 10 years. This has inspired Liverpool Heart and...

World Heart Day is celebrated every year on 29th September and LHCH along with many other organisations, including Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS), will be raising awareness of how people can help themselves to be more heart healthy. Many buildings and landmarks will also be lighting up red on...

Pioneering research in Liverpool, including at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, has contributed to new government  recommendations for a national lung cancer screening programme. The UK National Screening Committee has recommended the introduction of targeted screening for 55 to 74-year-olds with a history of smoking who are at higher risk of...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) have received a special tree from The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) “Tree of Trees” initiative, part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. In recognition of the Trusts’ joint work in reducing carbon emissions and promoting a greener...

There are 7.6 million people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK, and it is the largest cause of premature death in deprived areas. However, it's also been identified as the single biggest area where the NHS can save lives over the next 10 years. This has inspired Liverpool Heart and...

A talented artisan is saying ‘thank you’ to the hospital which performed life-changing heart surgery on her husband, by creating a range of heart-related handmade crafts.    Karen Harris, from the Isle of Man, has loved craft since childhood when she learnt to sew on an old Singer treadle machine, as...

British actor, Daniel Craig, has today (16th January 2023) been announced as a new ambassador for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) Charity. The star of stage and screen joins the hospital charity in a special year for the NHS, as it celebrates its 75th birthday. LHCH Charity partners Liverpool Heart...

Professor Greg Lip, Consultant Cardiologist,  Recognised With American College of Cardiology Top Honour Professor Greg Lip, LHCH Consultant Cardiologist, Director of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science and Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the University of Liverpool, has been awarded the 2023 Distinguished Scientist Award-Clinical Domain by the American College...

LHCH is the TOP trust in the country according to the results of this year’s national NHS Staff Survey 2022. The survey results of more than 600,000 people working in 264 NHS organisations, including all 215 trusts in England, were published last week, and showed that LHCH is TOP  in the country, when...

LHCH is delighted to announce that the ‘Primary Care Heart Failure Project’ has been crowned the winner of the ‘Most Impactful Project Addressing Health Inequalities’ at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2023, recognising their outstanding dedication to improving healthcare and effective collaboration with the NHS.   Winners in a total of 21 categories, were...

Thursday 4th May, 9.15am – 10.45am via Microsoft Teams To mark national Heart Failure awareness week we are pleased to welcome you to attend our forthcoming virtual Heart Failure Awareness event from the comfort of your own home!  Join our Heart Failure team to find out more about the condition and...

72-year-old Frank Rothwell, from Oldham, has never shirked from a challenge.  However, the successful businessman, football club chairman, and Guinness World Record holder, who’s rowed solo across the Atlantic, sailed half way round the world, spent 5 weeks on a deserted island, completed 11 marathons, and raised more than £1million for...

Over the last ten years, the Trust has seen a growth in the number of patients with Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes.  At Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital we set up a service 2010 to specifically meet this demand.  In 2023, over a third of our patients treated at LHCH for Cystic Fibrosis had...

This summer, LHCH will be running elections to fill the following Governor seats: Public Governors Merseyside – 5 seats North Wales – 2 seats Staff Governors Non Clinical – 2 seats Registered & Non Registered Nurses – 1 seat Allied Health Professionals, Technical & Scientific – 1 seat Registered Medical Practitioners – 1 seat Why should you consider becoming a Governor? The role is...

A mum of two from Warrington is running the 13 miles, half-marathon, from her home to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) to say ‘thank you’ for the specialist care she received before and since the birth of her daughter. At 32 weeks pregnant, to hear the words, ‘heart attack, heart failure,...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is using remote patient monitoring to pick up on deteriorations in patients waiting for cardiac surgery. With clinicians able to monitor them at the touch of a button, this innovation provides safety and reassurance for patients in their own homes. The hospital is one of...