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Alder Hey is a Children’s (Paediatric) Major Trauma Centre within the North West Regional Trauma Network. They receive and care for children from the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Children can be brought to us directly or transferred to us from a local hospital.
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a Children’s (Paediatric) Major Trauma Centre within the North West Regional Trauma Network. They receive and care for children from the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Children can be brought to us directly or transferred to us from a local hospital.
The North West & North Wales Transport Service (NWTS) is a collaborative venture between Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital and has been commissioned by the Specialist Commissioning Team in the North West to transfer critically ill children from District General Hospitals to one of the two Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) within the North West and North Wales area.
The National Major Trauma Registry (NMTR) is a clinical audit for trauma care across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It is the largest European trauma registry and currently holds data on more than 1 million injured patients. It began collecting data in 1990 as the Trauma Audit and Research Network data collection (TARN) and was re-established by NHS England as the National Major Trauma Registry in 2024.
The Cheshire and Mersey Major Trauma Specialised Clinical Network covers Cheshire, Mersey and the Isle of Man. It has common boundaries with parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, West Midlands and North Wales with a catchment population of approximately 2.7 million. The Network is now in its eleventh year of operation and continues to make significant achievements to improve outcomes for trauma patients across the region.
The Greater Manchester Major Trauma Network (GM MTN) was formed in April 2012 and covers the conurbation of Greater Manchester. It is a coordinated and inclusive collaborative partnership between staff, services and organisations in Greater Manchester that provide care to patients who have sustained major trauma injuries. Its purpose is to deliver safe, equitable and effective care to patients who have suffered serious, and often multiple, injuries where there is a strong possibility of death or disability.
Established in 2013, Major Trauma is a component of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care & Major Trauma Clinical Specialist Network. In Lancashire and South Cumbria, they work collaboratively with all members to ensure trauma patients receive safe, high-quality care.
The North West Paediatric Critical Care, Surgery in Children and Long Term Ventilation Operational Delivery Network (PCC SiC LTV ODN) aims to provide impartial clinical advice and expertise to all providers and commissioners across the North West of England (Cheshire and Mersey, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria), North Wales and the Isle of Man. It aims to develop equitable and high standard services to children and young people across the region.
The National Major Trauma Nursing and Rehabilitation Group brings together nurses and therapists from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The group aims to use the wealth of clinical knowledge from its members to develop national guidelines, deliver education and pioneer research in the major trauma setting.
The Northern Burn Care Network (NBCN) is an operational delivery network (ODN) for specialised burn care services. Their aim is to enhance and standardise the delivery of care to adult and paediatric patients who have suffered a burn injury or a skin loss condition.
The network consists of ten hospitals providing specialised care for people with burn injuries across the north of England (including the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber), North Wales and the Isle of Man, serving a population of around 17 million people.