Lincolnshire Community Health Services

Lincolnshire Community Health Services is an NHS organisation providing adult and children's community health services, such as district nursing and health visiting, in Lincolnshire. Its headquarters is in Sleaford.

History

The Trust was established in 2011 as part of the Transforming Community Services initiative.[1]

Services

It runs urgent care centres in Skegness and Louth, minor injuries units in Gainsborough and Spalding, a minor illness and injury unit in Peterborough, a walk in centre in Lincoln and GP Out-of-hours services across the county.

It launched an occupational health musculoskeletal physiotherapy service in February 2015.[2]

The Children’s Therapy Service runs a web site with advice about child development.[3] They also offer advice and reassurance for parents whose children are starting school.[4]

Macmillan nurses are based at the Trust's Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding.

Performance

It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 1997 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.71%. 72% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 56% recommended it as a place to work.[5]

The Care Quality Commission rated it “outstanding” in September 2018. They said that "Without exception all staff were complimentary of the chief executive, his visibility and accessibility and leadership of the trust."[6]

References
  1. "Health Matters: A thank you to our Macmillan Nurses at Johnson Community Hospital - by Jenny Hinchliffe". Spalding Guardian. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. "Physiotherapy service is 'leading the way in Lincolnshire'". Boston Standard. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. "New website is a lifeline for parents and carers". Boston Standard. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. "Back to school or first day - health visitors can take the worry out of parents' experience!". Lincolnshire Echo. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. "Midlands trust rated outstanding". Health Service Journal. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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