Public Services and NHS

Locate your nearest NHS GP, dentist and optician and find out about Merseyside's metropolitan boroughs and services.

NHS Healthcare

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Merseyside

Merseyside contains the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. The metropolitan county council was abolished in 1986 and replaced by a joint board of the five metropolitan boroughs.

The services that are run by the joint board include the:

The individual councils are responsible for services such as:

  • rubbish collection
  • recycling
  • Council Tax collections
  • housing
  • planning applications

Councils on Merseyside

There are five councils within the Merseyside area:

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county meaning there is no county-wide elected local authority, Cheshire has a Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff for ceremonial purposes.

Local government functions apart from the Police and Fire/Rescue services are carried out by four smaller unitary authorities: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington.

Policing and fire and rescue services are still provided across the County as a whole, but by unelected bodies. 

Councils in Cheshire

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