- Source: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
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.
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.
The Children’s Therapy Service runs a web site with advice about child development. They also offer advice and reassurance for parents whose children are starting school.
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.
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."
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- List of NHS trusts in England
- Strategic health authority
- Mental health trust
- NHS ambulance services
- Community health trust
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
