Independent consultation report

From 4 July to 3 October 2025 Shaping Care Together 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.

The report, from the Centre for Health Communication Research, looks at responses from more than 5,000 people who shared their views on the options for consultation either online, or by filling in the survey in the consultation document or by writing in by email or post. It also analyses feedback from thousands of other people who took part in public meetings and other consultation activities.

You can read the report, including an executive summary here with accompanying appendices on the right hand side of this page:

Independent Consultation Report

We have also published a ‘You Said, We Did’ document that outlines the themes of issues and concerns and then the programme’s response:

You Said, We Did - Document

More detail about next steps can be found in our FAQs.


From 4 July to 3 October 2025 Shaping Care Together 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.

The report, from the Centre for Health Communication Research, looks at responses from more than 5,000 people who shared their views on the options for consultation either online, or by filling in the survey in the consultation document or by writing in by email or post. It also analyses feedback from thousands of other people who took part in public meetings and other consultation activities.

You can read the report, including an executive summary here with accompanying appendices on the right hand side of this page:

Independent Consultation Report

We have also published a ‘You Said, We Did’ document that outlines the themes of issues and concerns and then the programme’s response:

You Said, We Did - Document

More detail about next steps can be found in our FAQs.