Shaping Care Together

From 4 July to 3 October 2025, the NHS Shaping Care Together Programme ran a public consultation into where A&E services should be located in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire.

An independent report looking at responses to the consultation has been published and is available on the Shaping Care Together website.

A decision-making business case (DMBC) is now being developed, which takes into account the consultation findings alongside equality, clinical, financial, workforce and quality evidence.

The DMBC will be shared with the joint committee made up of the integrated care boards of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria. A meeting will take place in early Spring 2026 and a final decision will be made in public.

You can sign up to receive email updates on the Shaping Care Together website.