Health Secretary Announces Liverpool Institute of Child Health and Wellbeing

“I’m delighted to be here to open the new Liverpool Institute for Child Health and Wellbeing, which is undertaking cutting-edge research to improve the care of children and young people.

“Unfortunately, we know that across the country, too many children and young people are not receiving the care they deserve, and waits for services are too long. So, I’m grateful that Alder Hey are leading the way and investing in the research we need to turn things around.

“I want to ensure every child has a healthy and happy start to life, and improving children’s services is a vital part of our 10-year Health Plan that will build an NHS that is fit for the future.”

“I am delighted that we’re able to announce the founding of the Liverpool Institute for Child Health and Wellbeing, which will build on and strengthen our long-standing collaboration with the University of Liverpool.

“The Institute will play a pivotal role in helping us to tackle the most urgent and serious problems facing children and young people.  It will accelerate progress in improving the lives and life chances of children and young people, in our region and beyond, today and in the future. This collaboration with the University of Liverpool will strengthen our capability for clinical research and innovation to bring children better care, medicines and treatments, and prevent diseases using the latest technologies. Together we are leading the way in building an NHS ‘fit for the future’.”

“As a university, we are incredibly passionate about the important role we can play in improving the health and wellbeing of children in the City of Liverpool and beyond. This exciting new chapter in our important partnership with Alder Hey will see us developing the very best science and innovation-led interventions to tackle head on some of the most common – and most intractable – issues facing children and young people in our region today.”

“Children and young people are our future scientists, innovators, artists, medics and entrepreneurs. But we need to ensure they have the opportunities to thrive, by making them a political priority, and ending health inequality. That’s why we’re proud to fund the Institute and work alongside our partners in the Trust and the University of Liverpool. It’s also why we launched a new campaign – ‘Put Children First’ – and called on Government to redesign the health service to create a children’s centred NHS. We look forward to continuing to work together with political leaders and other partners to create a collaborative health and social care system which has a shared focus on the needs of children and young people.”