What's happening?
The NHS is looking at hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.
Most of these services happen at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, on Crown Street in Toxteth, which means they are separate from other adult hospital services such as critical care, and other specialist teams. This can sometimes create issues and delays to care.
The NHS is committed to finding a long-term solution that will improve the quality and safety of hospital gynaecology and maternity services, giving patients the best experience, wherever they are being treated.
This website explains more about why change is needed, what the main challenges are, and what steps are being taken to keep care safe for now.
Although these issues have been discussed in the past, this is a new process which will focus on addressing the problems as they stand today.
It’s important to stress that no decisions have been made about how services might look in the future.
Who is involved?
This work is being led by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, the organisation that plans NHS care for our area, working in close partnership with:
- Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust (which manages Liverpool Women’s Hospital)
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (which manages Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital),
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
A number of other organisations are also involved, including Healthwatch Knowsley, Healthwatch Liverpool, Healthwatch Sefton and Liverpool CVS.