New care provider to look after Formby community NHS services

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is now providing community services to residents in Formby and Southport, since the beginning of May 2017.

The Trust is providing services in the area after NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) awarded it the contract following a competitive procurement exercise. The Trust worked closely with Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust & NHS Southport and Formby CCG for six months prior to May to ensure a smooth transition of services for patients and staff.

Sue Moore, Chief Operating Officer for Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are very excited to be providing services in this area and to build on the positive relationships that have been established with local GPs, the third sector and Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust. We have been closely working with our partners for several months to enable a smooth transition of services for patients and staff that ensures the delivery of high quality community services that supports the health and wellbeing of local people.

“We’re committed to achieving the vision set in the Shaping Sefton programme and want to see a better join up of all healthcare with other organisations that are often involved in providing an individual’s care. The aim is to provide services in a more seamless way and close to people’s home whenever it is appropriate and safe to do so.”

Top photo: Ormskirk Hospital staff with ACORN students who are part of the hospital recruitment and retention strategy.