Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Charity

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Charity Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is an 'Outstanding' rated specialist Trust and one of the leading specialist heart and chest centres in the country.
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a twice 'outstanding' rated trust and one of the largest specialist heart and chest hospitals in the UK, providing specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine.

18 months since major heart surgery at LHCH, Alex Groves is determined to leave his mark on the world of professional ru...
25/07/2025

18 months since major heart surgery at LHCH, Alex Groves is determined to leave his mark on the world of professional rugby at the Currie Cup in South Africa.

However back in in January 2024, the prospect of continuing his promising career was a real concern for the 24-year-old, as he first met his consultant cardiac and aortic surgeon, Mr Omar Nawaytou.

At the time, the 6ft 9in second row was playing for Sale Sharks when he received the serious diagnosis of a leaking bicuspid aortic valve and an aneurysm in the aortic root.

In February 2024, Alex underwent a successful 7-hour operation at LHCH without complications to repair his bicuspid valve and to replace his aneurysm. Following a week in hospital, he was discharged to continue his road to recovery and back to full fitness.

Alex said: “The first step to me returning to rugby was coming through the operation. I’m so incredibly grateful to Mr Nawaytou and all the clinical team at LHCH for the amazing care I received from everyone at the hospital – it was a real team effort.

“It was an amazing feeling to finally get back on the pitch and do that first tackle and first carry – a real dream come true. It felt like I was making my debut all over again and was a really special moment for me and my family.”

You can read Alex's full story and watch an interview with his consultant cardiac surgeon in the news section of the LHCH website.

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In celebration of the NHS’s birthday, we recently shared a post featuring photos of our smiling patients during their ti...
23/07/2025

In celebration of the NHS’s birthday, we recently shared a post featuring photos of our smiling patients during their time at LHCH.

The response was wonderful! We received comments from previous patients, family members and friends, all reflecting on the meaningful impact LHCH has had on their lives.

Now, we want to hear more.

If you or a loved one has a story to share about your experience with LHCH then we want to hear it.

Please contact us at corporatecommunications@lhch.nhs.uk to share your story and help us to understand how we can continue to provide outstanding care for our patients and families.

In memory of her mum, Barbara, LHCH Charity supporter, Ashleigh, decided she wanted to honour her mum’s life with her ’6...
21/07/2025

In memory of her mum, Barbara, LHCH Charity supporter, Ashleigh, decided she wanted to honour her mum’s life with her ’60 Miles for Barb’ challenge.

In February this year, Barbara sadly passed away at the age of 60. Ashleigh wanted to show her appreciation for the care and support LHCH provided for her and her family during this difficult time and so ’60 miles for Barb’ was launched.

So far, Ashleigh has taken on the Yorkshire 3 peaks in May, run the Aintree 10k and cycled 15 miles of the Wirral Way Cycle (her mum’s favourite walk). On Wednesday, she’ll be running the Chase the Sun Tatton Park 10k and will end her amazing challenge this Sunday when she takes on our very own LHCH Charity Tough Mudder.

Ashleigh said:

“My mum had major heart surgery at LHCH 3 years ago and this gave her a new lease of life. She managed to do so many things because of her surgery and the care at LHCH. I know mum would be so proud of what I’ve managed to achieve and I’m so happy to have been able to give something back to say thank you.”

From us all here at Team LHCH, we’d like to wish you the very best of luck Ashleigh and thank you for your support.

If you would like to help Ashleigh achieve her fundraising goal, simply follow the link today - https://shorturl.at/BWdQ2

Nominations are now open for this year's LHCH Patient Choice Award. 🎉We'd like to invite all LHCH patients, families and...
17/07/2025

Nominations are now open for this year's LHCH Patient Choice Award. 🎉

We'd like to invite all LHCH patients, families and visitors to nominate an individual or team for the Patient Choice Award 2025.

It can be a member of staff or team that you feel deserves the recognition for the outstanding work that they do to care for our patients and families.

Nominations close on the 12th September with the winners being announced at our LHCH Grand Awards in November.

Simply follow the link to nominate today - https://shorturl.at/Jkdcn

Thank you. 💙

ADVANCE NOTICE FOR PATIENTS/VISITORS - LOCAL ROADWORKSWe have been informed that essential electrical cabling works will...
17/07/2025

ADVANCE NOTICE FOR PATIENTS/VISITORS - LOCAL ROADWORKS

We have been informed that essential electrical cabling works will be undertaken on Queens Drive and Thomas Drive, involving lane closures and traffic controls outside the hospital site.

These extensive works will be carried out by the contractors in a staged way, beginning on Wednesday 23rd July and to be completed by 5th November.

During this period, some travel disruption in the surrounding area of the hospital site (eg Broadgreen and Childwall) is inevitable with delays and queuing traffic anticipated.

Considerations:
* Please allow extra journey time when attending appointments on the hospital site and/or when visiting relatives.

* Please plan your journey accordingly.

* We understand that no public transport timetable changes or route changes have been planned so far.

They did it! We’d like to say well done to our previous patients Tom and Ffion for completing their fundraising challeng...
09/07/2025

They did it!

We’d like to say well done to our previous patients Tom and Ffion for completing their fundraising challenges last weekend.

Tom and his wife, Linda, completed their 50 mile bike ride from Chester to Liverpool, whilst Ffion and her partner, Tony, took on the famous Stanley Park 10k, raising over £2,100 between them. 👏

From us all here at a huge thank you for your brilliant efforts and support of LHCH Charity.

What do you notice about these photos? The thing we see is the smile on the faces of our patients after receiving outsta...
04/07/2025

What do you notice about these photos?

The thing we see is the smile on the faces of our patients after receiving outstanding care here at LHCH. 💙

As we look forward to celebrating the 77th birthday of the NHS we thought we'd show you just a few of those we've had the privilege of caring for in recent months.

On Sunday, previous patient, Tom and his wife, Linda, will be taking on a 50-mile charity bike ride from Liverpool to Ch...
02/07/2025

On Sunday, previous patient, Tom and his wife, Linda, will be taking on a 50-mile charity bike ride from Liverpool to Chester in support of LHCH Charity.

Here Tom tells us a little more of his time at LHCH:

“I didn’t really suffer from many symptoms that you’d typically associate with a heart issue apart from I’d occasionally have a bit of tightness down the left hand side of my chest when out in the cold. After a while I thought a GP visit might be wise and to my shock a heart murmur was detected. I was referred to Wrexham hospital and after a few more tests, I was told I had a thoracic aortic aneurysm and that it was the largest the cardiologist had ever seen. Pretty crazy!

“Once I came into the care of LHCH everything went really quickly and I underwent my operation two days later. I couldn’t be more grateful for my consultant cardiac surgeon, Mr Ahmed Othman, his team and just everyone that cared for me at LHCH. A mechanical heart valve and replacement aorta later, I feel I’m back to pre-op fitness. It’s been a few years since my operation and so now I think it’s time to give back and I really can’t wait.”

Thank you for sharing your story with us Tom and were so glad to hear how well your recovery has been. From us all here at LHCH, we’d like to wish both you and Linda the very best of luck.

If you’d like to show Tom and Linda some support simply follow the link - https://shorturl.at/jmBrk

We're delighted to share that Dr Rebecca Dobson, Consultant Cardiologist and Cancer Lead at LHCH, has been awarded the ‘...
01/07/2025

We're delighted to share that Dr Rebecca Dobson, Consultant Cardiologist and Cancer Lead at LHCH, has been awarded the ‘Women Making a Difference’ Award, sponsored by Merseyrail, at the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2025.
Dr Dobson spoke of her award:

“I’m honoured to have received this award and to be recognised for my role in establishing the Cardio-Oncology Service, a collaboration between LHCH and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, which started back in 2019. It’s a privilege to work with such an amazing team of people who are all striving to make a difference to patients living with cancer and heart disease. I’m so proud of the service, and the team, for the difference we have made to our patients and their families. A big thank you to everyone who voted and supported my nomination – it means such a lot to me.”

Congratulations Rebecca for this phenomenal achievement. is very proud! 👏

It's today and we'd like to recognise all those who serve or who have served our communities - veterans, reservists, f...
28/06/2025

It's today and we'd like to recognise all those who serve or who have served our communities - veterans, reservists, family members.

We are proud to share that members of our Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) team were invited to visit No.10 Downing Street th...
27/06/2025

We are proud to share that members of our Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) team were invited to visit No.10 Downing Street this week!

Darren McGuinness, Change Programme Manager and Michelle Woods, Matron for the NHS Lung Cancer Screening team were both thrilled to represent LHCH as a partner organisation of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. The charity marked its 35th anniversary with the event and shared the message that lung cancer screening is saving lives.

The LCS programme, which originated here in Liverpool, aims to improve early lung cancer diagnosis by use of mobile scanning trucks to visit local communities. More than 10% of cancers found through the programme have been detected in Cheshire and Merseyside after a successful roll out over the past few years.

Darren spoke of the visit:
"It was amazing, it was such an honour to be recognised for the work we do here at LHCH and the lives we have saved. It was great to see patients at the event that had been through our programme and been cured from lung cancer as a result!”

Michelle said:
"It’s humbling to know that our team has contributed to such an important cause, and the difference that Lung Cancer Screening makes to our participant's and families. Most importantly it demonstrates that the Lung Cancer Screening is working, and we are saving lives. A good story to tell my future grandkids!"

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