Case studies

Healthy at Home service user, Eve

Integrating community and voluntary sector knowledge and expertise into the discharge process

The Healthy and Home service in Warrington and Halton

Improving cancer care waits for patients

Improving cancer care waits for patients

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral facility supports patients to recover in a community setting after discharge

Wirral facility supports patients to recover in a community setting after discharge

Community Intermediate Care Centre (CICC)

Keeping patients out of hospital by treating them in the community

Keeping patients out of hospital by treating them in the community

Integrated Community Reablement and Assessment Service (ICRAS)

Reducing avoidable admissions in Wirral’s elderly population

Reducing avoidable admissions in Wirral’s elderly population

Wirral urinary tract infection (UTI) and dehydration project

A man and a woman stood behind a podium delivering a presentation

Free service supports people with visual impairment in Cheshire

Vision Support's Sightline Information Line

Why not home, why not today?

Community rehab service enables faster discharge and recovery

HomeFirst service in Wirral

A holistic approach to improving respiratory health and reducing hospital admission

A holistic approach to improving respiratory health and reducing hospital admission

Warm Homes for Lungs Project in St Helens

Anne Major, a volunteer for the Discharge Support Service

Supporting patients following discharge and preventing readmissions

Volunteer-led Discharge Support Service in Sefton

Heart failure patient Colette Melia, 66

Expanding the use of virtual wards to support heart failure patients in Liverpool

Heart failure NHS virtual wards in Liverpool

Reducing pressure on urgent and emergency care services through urgent community response

Reducing pressure on urgent and emergency care services through urgent community response

Mersey Care's 2-Hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team

A one-stop service for frail elderly patients in Mid Cheshire

A one-stop service for frail elderly patients in Mid Cheshire

Mid Cheshire Hospitals' Frail Elderly Assessment Unit

New 24/7 service supports children and young people experiencing mental health crises

New 24/7 service supports children and young people experiencing mental health crises

Mersey Care’s Child and Young People’s Mental Health Service

Gas stove

Innovative data-led approach helps more than 1,000 vulnerable people cope with fuel poverty

Cheshire and Merseyside fuel poverty project

Virtual clinician support service avoids unnecessary patient waits

Virtual clinician support service avoids unnecessary patient waits

Whiston Hospital Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) referral hub

A woman with her left arm outstretched, using a touch screen sign-in kiosk

Reducing missed appointments by making healthcare more accessible

Cheshire and Merseyside Outpatient Transformation Programme

Georgia, Expert by Experience forum member

The forums allowing patients to help design and improve services

Experts by Experience forums

Increasing uptake of NHS Health Checks in priority at-risk groups

Increasing uptake of NHS Health Checks in priority at-risk groups

Local pilots enabled by NHS England’s Prevention Programme and Core20PLUS5 funding

Two men stood next to each other, one is gripping a metal handle

Utilising technology to help prevent strokes and heart attacks

Roll out of Wellpoint Kiosks

A large group of around 40 people stood outside a brick building, there is a banner which reads "Welcome to the Vision Clinic"

Improving eye health and tackling inequalities

Cheshire and Merseyside Local Eye Health Network

Meeting the mental health needs of our school children

Meeting the mental health needs of our school children

Mental health support teams (MHST)

Working with our communities to widen mental health and wellbeing support

Working with our communities to widen mental health and wellbeing support

Voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector collaboration