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Merseyside young people’s mental health charity wins top UK health award

Birkenhead-based Open Door Charity has won a major award for its creative and accessible mental health and wellbeing support for young people across the Wirral and Merseyside. Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Open Door Charity was chosen from more than 500 organisations across the UK as one of the 10 winners of the 2024 […]

05 March 2024

Charity improving health of ethnic minority communities on the Wirral wins top UK health award

Birkenhead-based charity the Wirral Multicultural Organisation has won a major national award for the support it provides to people from ethnic minority backgrounds across the Borough of Wirral. The award judges praised the services the charity has developed, including its help to overcome barriers in accessing health care. Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, […]

05 March 2024

Autism Assessments – Temporary Suspension

Healthwatch Wirral have been advised that from 1st March 2024, CWP will be temporarily suspending acceptance of new referrals for adult autism assessments across Cheshire and Wirral for adults only. This is as a result of demand for assessments significantly exceeding commissioned capacity, resulting in high numbers of people waiting and lengthy waiting times for assessment. […]

04 March 2024

Do you know about the What3words app?

In an unknown location and lost? Use ‘What3words’, when it is hard to describe where you are in an emergency, you only need to read out three words given on the app for the call handler to know exactly where to find the incident. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) and other emergency services have always […]

01 March 2024

Free Virtual Neurodiversity Conference: Supporting You & Your Child

Witherslack Group are hosting a free Virtual Conference: ‘Celebrating, Embracing and Empowering Our Children’, providing advice and support for parents and carers of neurodiverse children and young people.

21 February 2024

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Measuring what matters to you

From March 2024 all adults accessing specialist mental health care from CWP will have the opportunity to discuss and measure what is important to them. ‘DIALOG’ is a scale, designed to measure how you rate your quality of life and your experience of the care you receive. Your responses can help to make sure they […]

15 February 2024