Residents and healthcare professionals in Bootle are invited to attend an upcoming Health and Social Care Forum to discuss local health priorities and improvements in community care. The event, hosted by Sefton CVS, will take place on Wednesday 29 April 2026, from 10am to 12pm at The Lakehouse in Waterloo.
The forum serves as a platform to connect community groups and voluntary organisations with statutory partners and health commissioners. By fostering this collaboration, the organisers aim to address significant health challenges within the borough, where data shows that residents in the more affluent areas of the north currently live an average of 12 years longer than those in the less affluent southern communities.
The upcoming meeting will focus on the borough’s recent selection as a pioneer area for the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme. This national initiative is designed to shift health services away from hospital settings and into local neighbourhoods, with a greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention. Attendees will hear presentations from senior representatives of Sefton Council, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, and local health networks known as Primary Care Networks.
Sefton CVS, which has supported the local voluntary, community, and faith sector for over 50 years, coordinates the forum, which currently includes 180 member organisations. The group maintains an active voice in local health strategy by holding representation on several key decision-making bodies, including the Sefton Health and Wellbeing Board, the Transforming Care Partnership Board, and Healthwatch Sefton. Because of its long-standing commitment to the area, the charity was recently awarded the Freedom of the Borough.
Registration is required to attend the event at The Lakehouse. Interested participants can find further information on the Sefton CVS website.
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