Our local community services are provided by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Community services include the following:
- District nurses
- Community matrons
- Phlebotomy
- Foot & leg care
- Treatment rooms
- Continence service
- Frailty team
- Falls service
- Pain team
- Heart failure team
- Respiratory team
- Diabetes team
- Palliative care team
- Dieticians
- Speech & language therapy
- Clinical psychology
Our local district nursing team is based at Churchtown Clinic:
- Address: 137A Cambridge Road, Southport, PR9 7LT
- Telephone: 01704 387203 (8am to 5pm, 7 days a week)
- Out of Hours: 01704 387260 (4:30pm to 8am, 7 days a week)
Patients can self-refer to the district nurses without being seen by a GP first. Most patients will be treated at Churchtown Clinic, unless they are genuinely housebound.
Patients requiring additional help at home do not need to be seen by a GP first. Please contact Sefton Social Care via the Sefton Council Contact Centre, by telephoning 0345 140 0845.