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<p>East Midlands is not a boundary formally defined by the National Health Service.
The majority of NHS capital investment is self-funded by individual NHS providers.
In addition, providers can also apply for sustainability and transformation partnership
(STP) capital funding.</p><p>£608 million of STP capital has been awarded to 29 schemes
across the NHS in the Midlands. The full amount of available STP capital funding (£2.9
billion), covering the six-year period from 2017-18 to 2022-23, has now been committed
to those successful schemes announced.</p><p>In the Spending Review later this year,
the Government will consider proposals from the NHS for a multi-year capital plan
to support the transformation plans outlined in the Long Term Plan.</p><p>The decisions
of the Spending Review will in part depend on the overall priorities for future capital
across a range of policy areas and identifying where the funds will have the greatest
impact for patients.</p>
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