Peninsula Community Health was a

community interest company A community interest company (CIC, pronounced "see-eye-see", or colloquially, "kick") is a form of social enterprise in the United Kingdom intended "for people wishing to establish businesses which trade with a social purpose..., or to carry on ...

created in October 2011 as not-for-profit service provider by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Primary Care Trust Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013. PCTs were largely administrative bodies, responsible for commissioning primary, community and secondary health services from providers. Until 31 May ...

. It ran 14 community hospitals in Cornwall: Bodmin Hospital, Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, St Ives (Edward Hain Community Hospital), Falmouth, Fowey, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Newquay, Penzance (Poltair Community Hospital), St Austell, Saltash (St Barnabas Community Hospital),

Isles Of Scilly The Isles of Scilly ( ; ) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, St Agnes, is over farther south than the most southerly point of the Great Britain, British mainla ...

(St Mary's Community Hospital), and Bude (Stratton Community Hospital). In July 2015, it decided to give up the hospital contract as uneconomic. Andrew George, MP for St Ives, and the local campaign group Health Initiative Cornwall criticised community hospitals being taken out of the NHS and welcomed the idea of merging the company with the

NHS providers NHS Providers is the membership organisation for NHS trusts in England, which takes part in negotiations between the trusts and the Department of Health and provides development support to trust leaders. Until 2011, the body was a section of th ...

in Cornwall,

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides community health services to children and young people and mental health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. History The Cornwall H ...

and

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs West Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, Hayle, St Michael's Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, and St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, in Cornwall, England. Histor ...

. In May 2013, it set up a new company, PCH Dental, to deliver community dental services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The ten beds at Poltair Hospital were closed in 2014. The local campaign group West Cornwall HealthWatch says the "service is almost at breaking point, with no sign of an early improvement", but according to the

Clinical Commissioning Group Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were National Health Service (England), National Health Service (NHS) organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to replace Strategic health authority, strategic health authorities and NHS pr ...

"Beds continue to be available at Edward Hain and Helston community hospitals for anyone who needs one." Campaigners claim "They are running at dangerously high 95 per cent occupancy levels, are unable to accept patients from the acute sector who need re-enablement, and are unable to discharge patients due to a lack of

nursing home A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF), or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms ...

beds and care-at-home services." A

Care Quality Commission The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care providers in England. It ...

inspection in 2015 found good safe care was provided across community inpatient, adult, urgent care, and children and young people’s services, but end of life care services were rated “requires improvement” in relation to safety. Nearly 2,000 staff and all of the assets were transferred to

on 31 March 2016. The Poltair hospital was sold.

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{{reflist Health in Cornwall Community interest companies Companies based in Cornwall

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