The centre provides treatment of people who require permanent mechanical ventilation following spinal cord injury.

A specialist Wheelchair Service[4] for patients registered with GPs in Chorley and South Ribble operates from Pimbo, near Skelmersdale.

They also noted staff spoke positively about the culture in the hospital and the support and visibility of the leadership teams on the medical wards.

[6] On 26 January 2023, the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was granted the Honorary Freedom of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.

The present organisation was formed from the merger of acute hospital services in Southport and Ormskirk in 1999.