IHE Health Inequalities Report – FCMS Case Study
The UCL Institute of Health Equity has published a report – ‘Delivering NHS Services & Tackling Health Inequalities: A Case Study of the Social Enterprise FCMS’. The report focuses on our work in tackling health inequalities on the Fylde Coast. It highlights: The role of social enterprise healthcare providers in the NHS Health inequalities present […]
FCMS Win UHUK Health Inequalities Award
We’re delighted to have won the ‘Health Inequalities‘ Award at the UHUK Awards 2024! Background FCMS has been working with Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB to provide a pilot GP consultation scheme for asylum seekers. Asylum seekers often face complex health needs exacerbated by language and cultural barriers, poverty, transient living, and trauma. We previously provided […]
FCMS join BSE Insourcing and Community provider charter
BSEcho 2024 Last weekend, FCMS attended the #BSEcho2024 in Edinburgh. The event included talks from industry leading experts around collaboration and the future of Echocardiography. In the photo: Echocardiographer and Diagnostics Clinical Manager, Michael Hindle Head of Diagnostics, Scott Williams Watch highlights from the event here: https://x.com/BSEcho/status/1845008136337326419 FCMS signs Insourcing and Community Provider Charter […]
FCMS Cardiology Services
FCMS provides high quality cardiology services to patients closer to home, in the community. What We Provide We offer cardiac services aimed at diagnosing and monitoring various heart conditions. These include: Echocardiography We provide over 22,000 cardiology appointments per year. All clinics are directly bookable through E-RS, with capacity reviewed on a daily basis to […]
Spirometry and FeNO Testing
Spirometry and FeNO assessments are often used alongside each other to help diagnose lung conditions, such as COPD, asthma, or other respiratory diseases. What do FCMS provide? FCMS is an experienced provider of a wide range of Diagnostic services including Spirometry & FeNo. You can find out more here: Community Diagnostics. We have a team […]
Free NHS Health Checks in Lancashire
FCMS, in collaboration with the Lancashire County Council, are now providing Free NHS Health Checks across Lancashire. What is an NHS Health Check? As we get older, we are all at higher risk of developing certain health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and stroke. Having an NHS Health Check can help reduce […]
2023 | Our Year In Review
UHUK Campaign
We would like to let you to let you know about an awareness campaign being led by UHUK, a partnership organisation we are involved in with other urgent healthcare social enterprise providers who together cover 64% of the UK population. Providers of these urgent and integrated NHS services are vital to the people who use […]
Know your Numbers Week | 4th -10th September
Get your Blood Pressure checked with ‘Know Your Numbers Week’ FCMS along with Blackpool Council, have been providing walk-in clinics where local residents aged 18 and over can get their blood pressure, pulse and cholesterol checked for free. Dr Arif Rajpura with FCMS staff Since June 2023, Know Your Numbers clinics have been operating frequently […]
Mind Gym | 6 Week Mental Fitness Course
Mental Wellbeing Mental wellbeing is a massive part of FCMS culture and we strive to ensure all our staff have access to someone to speak to and the facilities in place to help them flourish. Minds Matter We have previously reached out to the organisation ‘Minds Matter’ which focuses on mental health. The organisation offer […]
