Shaping Care Together

The joint committee made up of the integrated care boards of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria made a decision on the future location of A&E services in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire.

Following a rigorous and thoroughly detailed process including a 10-week pre-consultation engagement period and 13-week public consultation, the joint committee has decided to relocate the children’s A&E from Ormskirk Hospital to Southport Hospital and extend it to a 24-hour service, together with the existing 24-hour adult A&E.

The programme’s decision-making business case (DMBC) outlines the recommended way forward which guided commissioners when making a decision.

The DMBC takes into account the consultation findings alongside clinical, financial, equalities, workforce and quality evidence.

SCT have also published an independent report looking at responses to the SCT public consultation and a  ‘You Said, We Did’ document, which sets out our responses to the main themes and issues raised during the consultation.