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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...

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

  Monday 25th September at 4pm via Microsoft Teams. We'd love you to join us virtually to celebrate our successes of 2022-23, 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 (...

  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...

In a recent survey, 203,000 NHS doctors and nurses were asked to react to the statement: “If a friend or relative needed treatment, I would be happy with the standard of care provided by this organisation,” saying whether they strongly agreed, strongly disagreed, agreed, disagreed or had no view”. 92% of Liverpool...

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...

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 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...

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...

Over the last few months the Cardiovascular Programme team have continued to work with our colleagues across Cheshire & Merseyside. We have held a number of events and working groups to explore what the best models of care should be for patients who suffer from cardiovascular disease. In particular, we have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...

The next meeting of the Liverpool AF Support group is on Thursday 24th January, from 6-8pm, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.  Why not take a look at the details below, find out more and come along on the night. 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

LHCH is undertaking a new randomised clinical trial called Telehealth in Cardiac Surgery (TICS), looking at the periods either side of the hospital stay for patients undergoing heart surgery, and at the time spent at home before coming to hospital and the time back at home after discharge and post...