Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

Following an extensive staff and stakeholder engagement exercise, it has been decided that the Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

This arrangement has been put in place to improve how care is delivered to patients by working even closer together.