West Lancashire community services procurement

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded the contract for community health services in West Lancashire to NHS Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust following a competitive procurement process.

The process was undertaken in line with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations and followed a fair, transparent and proportionate approach. Providers were invited to bid for the new contract, which covers all adult community services, along with the all-age podiatry service, in October 2025.

The contract brings together a range of community health services under one provider, including:

  • Community diabetes services
  • Community stroke and neuro rehabilitation services
  • Intermediate care therapy services

The contract will cover the West Lancashire locality, a predominantly rural district with a population of around 118,000 people, including Skelmersdale, Ormskirk and surrounding villages.

The contract term is three years, with the option to extend for a further two years, running from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2031. 

Engagement and involvement 

The ICB is committed to putting the needs of people living in Lancashire and South Cumbria at the heart of all we do. There is a collective ambition to do this by working with residents and communities and our partners to co-produce and improve health and wellbeing services.

In order to support the development of the community services specifications in West Lancashire, patient and public insights from various engagement exercises were taken into consideration as detailed below:

We also recruited two members of the public from our Influence Panel to support the procurement evaluation process. 

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