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<p>On 5 August 2019 the Prime Minister announced £854 million of new capital funding
to provide upgrades to 20 hospitals across England. This is on top of the £2.4 billion
capital investment awarded to over 150 sustainability and transformation partnership
(STP) schemes across England since July 2017 to modernise and transform the National
Health Service’s buildings and services.</p><p>Of the £854 million, £21.3 million
has been awarded to United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust for the Transforming Urgent
and Emergency Care at Pilgrim Hospital Boston scheme, which will improve patient flow
in Boston by developing urgent and emergency care zones in accident and emergency.
In December 2018, Lincolnshire also benefitted from United Lincolnshire Hospitals
NHS Trust’s £1.5 million scheme for a Multi-Purpose Education Centre to support University
Medical School of Excellence (Lincoln).</p><p>An additional £1 billion was also announced
on 5 August to be spent this financial year, allowing existing upgrade programmes
to proceed and tackle the most urgent infrastructure projects across the country.</p><p>My
Rt. hon. Friend as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care recently set
out, a new Health Infrastructure Plan will be brought forward to deliver a strategic
major hospital rebuilding programme, providing the necessary health infrastructure
across the country for the years to come.</p><p>NHS facilities in other parts of the
United Kingdom are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p>
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