Sefton has done a brilliant job of containing Indian variant
Things appear to be moving in the right direction after swift action from health bosses
15:53, 20 MAY 2021
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Government data map shows cases have fallen in Sefton
Coronavirus rates in Sefton have fallen by almost half in a week, after a surge in cases prompted mass testing in parts of the borough. There were concerns in the area as infection rates were growing after the new variant of concern from India had been detected locally. This led to public health teams deploying surge testing in the area in a bid to contain the spread of the variant.
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Latest covid figures in Sefton show number of patients in hospitals
The most recent figures, as surge testing continues in the borough
07:29, 18 MAY 2021
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The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals in and around Sefton remains low, despite a recent surge in the number of positive cases.
The Sanger Institute reports 81% of cases in the borough were the B.1.617.2, in the two weeks leading to May 8.
Explosive letter from Aintree hospital doctors to board as severe harm to patients emerges We have been advised it would be a dereliction of our duty as clinicians if we did not highlight our major concerns directly to you
16:23, 13 MAY 2021
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Doctors have written to their own bosses about major concerns within Aintree Hospital s Gastroenterology Department (Image: Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)
Senior consultants at both the Royal Liverpool and Aintree Hospitals have written to their own directors demanding action to protect patients, the ECHO can reveal. The extraordinary letters, from the Gastroenterology (GI) and Hepatology departments of both hospitals, were obtained by the ECHO under Freedom of Information requests after sources raised concerns.
Questions mounting over serious incidents in Liverpool hospitals
Aintree Hospital merged with the Royal Liverpool Hospital in 2019 - but several departments are reporting serious problems
11:22, 3 MAY 2021
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The Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Questions are being asked over serious problems which have emerged since Aintree Hospital merged with the Royal Liverpool Hospital. In the past month it was reported how thousands of patients were left without follow up appointments in Aintree s gastroenterology department. The ECHO revealed last month how several patients suffered serious deterioration in their vision after appointments failed to be booked or were missed in the ophthalmology department. Now the ECHO can also reveal how NHS Improvement (NHSI), the national arm of the NHS dealing with rectifying failure and improving quality, reviewed a number of so called never events at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.