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FCMS is a Social Enterprise health and wellbeing services provider and we are passionate in our drive to deliver exceptional care to our patients, who are the central focus of all that we do
To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so that the people within our world receive exceptional care for this generation and the next
FCMS started as a GP cooperative in 1994 providing home visiting services across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
Fast forward to today and we deliver services across the Fylde Coast, Lancashire & South Cumbria, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and the Midlands. We’ve grown to providing everything from urgent care, diagnostic services, emergency dental services, call handling, and targeted care for vulnerable communities and much much more.
We only provide services we have a passion for and that we know we can deliver to an exceptional standard.
What does the name FCMS stand for?
FCMS originally meant “Fylde Coast Medical Services”. We now provide services across multiple regions so today we just go by “FCMS”!
Suzy Layton steps down as FCMS Co-CEO after 30 years with FCMS
Lee McGlynn announced as FCMS CEO
FCMS win two UHUK awards - Innovation Award and Social Impact Award
Diagnostics department retain ISO 9001 accreditation for a further 3 years
2026Lee McGlynn appointed FCMS Co-CEO
Targeted outreach spirometry service goes live in Claremont Blackpool
FCMS are "Highly Commended" for Public Services Social Enterprise of the Year at the SE UK Awards
2025NHS Health Checks Lancashire service goes live
FCMS win UHUK Health Inequalities Award
FCMS signs the BSE Insourcing & Community Provider Charter
Doncaster Wound Care service wins Urgo Innovation Award
2024Virtual Ward in Morecambe Bay launched
Diagnostics business unit achieve ISO 9001 accreditation
Homeless Emergency Dental pilot goes live
Sheffield 111 Online Validation Service goes live
2023Emergency Dental Service launched in Blackburn & Burnley
Dental Helpline Service expands to include South Cumbria
Launch of mobile health assessments and ear syringing
West Lancashire GP Out of Hours service goes live
Successful with bid to join NHS England's Increasing Capacity Framework
FCMS joins Social Enterprise UK
Greater Manchester Heart Failure Monitoring goes live
2022Remote monitoring service for long term conditions goes live on Fylde Coast
New Homeless Health service launched across the Fylde Coast
Successful in bid to join NHS England's Community Diagnostic Hub Framework
FCMS purchases and repurposes single decker bus to be used as a mobile clinic
All PDS Medical services transferred to be managed and delivered by FCMS
2021FCMS deliver new Virtual Ward services for Covid patients
Range of Covid-19 services launched including pulse oximetry @ home, swabbing, testing and vaccinations
Successful in bid to retain Doncaster Urgent Care Services as part of the Primary Care Alliance
PDS Medical becomes wholly owned subsidiary company of FCMS
2020FCMS celebrates 25 year anniversary
PDS Medical purchases first mobile clinic
2019FCMS awarded Extended Access at Doncaster in collaboration with Doncaster Primary Care
2018Dental Helpline goes live
Fylde Coast Integrated Urgent Care Services goes live
Begin providing special allocation scheme for Lancashire
FCMS (NW) Ltd appoints first Non-Executive Chair - Philip Smyth
2017Fleetwood Home Visiting pilot goes live
2016Awarded Doncaster Urgent Care Service
NHS 111 contract with NWAS goes live
PDS Medical launches Rossendale Minor Injuries Unit
FCMS and PDS expand to a new Head Office - Newfield House
2015Successful in bid to provide 111 services across the North West
Diagnostics service receives British Society of Echocardiography accreditation
FCMS celebrates 20 Year Anniversary
2014Preferred provider to deliver national call handling for The Silver Line Service
Stability Partner for NHS 111
PDS Medical begins to offer a non-obstetric ultrasound service
2013Pilot provider of The Silver Line Service
Announced as provider of Morecambe Bay Urgent Care services. Same Day Health Centre Morecambe opens
2012Starting delivering 111 call handling service using NHS Pathways
2011Began to deliver Blackpool Teaching Hospital's Urgent Care Centre
2010Same Day Health Centre in Fleetwood launched
2009First ambulatory ECG service provided
2008PDS Medical and FCMS create partnership called Gold Standard Health
2007PDS Medical founded
Suzy Layton appointed as FCMS CEO
PDS Medical delivers first echocardiography waiting list service
2004Won National Health and Social Care Award for Emergency Care
2002Began to develop a multi-disciplinary clinical team with GPs, nurses, dentists, paramedics, mental health nurses and social workers
2000Moved to the Out of Hours Primary Care Centre at 88 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool
1999Began developing computerised patient clinical records
1998A surgery based service became operational using Dermatology Out-patient facilities at Devonshire Rd
1997FCMS is founded as a GP Co-operative across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, providing a GP home visiting service
Devonshire Road Hospital used as an operational base
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