Shaping Care Together Joint Committee

The joint committee made up of the integrated care boards of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria are meeting on Friday, 13 March to make a final decision on where A&E services should be located in Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. The meeting will start at 10am on Friday, 13 March at Ormskirk Civic Hall, Southport Road, Ormskirk, L39 1LN. 

An independent report looking at responses to the Shaping Care Together consultation on A&E services across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire has been published.

The report, produced by the Centre for Health Communication Research, looks at responses from more than 5,000 people who completed the consultation survey, as well as thousands more who took part in public meetings and other engagement activities.

At this stage, no decisions have been made. All feedback has been used to develop the programme’s Decision-Making Business Case (DMBC). It takes into account the consultation findings alongside clinical, financial, workforce and quality evidence.

The DMBC will be presented and considered at the joint committee meeting taking place on 13 March. Members of the public are invited to observe the formal meeting being held in public. While the venue is now at capacity (100 people), we are also livestreaming the meeting online on the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside YouTube Channel.

Submitting questions in advance of the meeting - If you have any questions to put to the Committee relating to items on the agenda, we ask for these to be submitted in advance of the meeting by emailing sct.getinvolved@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk by 9pm on Tuesday, 10 March 2026. 

Where relevant, questions will be addressed in the meeting, and a written response will be sent directly to the individual who raised the question within 20 working days.

Parking arrangements

The Civic has a small car park at the front of the building. When this is full, please use one of the town centre car parks. The nearest car parks are:

• Finnegans Square
• The Stiles
• Hants Lane

Further details at: https://maps.app.goo.gl/M9XzWRYk3mdwmVpS7