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New Prime Minister announces NHS capital funding boost
Boris Johnson unveils plans for 20 upgrade projects as part of NHS estates overhaul A
new critical and intensive care block at Luton and Dunstable Hospital; four new hospital wards in Norwich; a purpose-built hospital in Birmingham; and an adult mental health inpatient unit are among 20 upgrade projects announced by new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
In one of his first speeches as the new
Premier, Johnson revealed the 20 hospitals set to share £850m of new funding to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment.
And he confirmed a £1billion boost to NHS capital spending, enabling existing upgrade programmes to proceed and tackling the most-urgent infrastructure projects. He said: “I have made it my immediate task to make sure frontline services have the funding they need to make a real difference to the lives of NHS staff, and above all, of patients.
World-class care “Today I’m delivering on this promise with a £1.8billion cash injection –
meaning more beds, new wards, and extra life-saving equipment to ensure patients continue to receive world-class care.”
The £1.8billion is in addition to the extra £33.9billion, in cash terms, the NHS is set to receive every year by 2023/24 as laid out in the NHS Long Term Plan, which was agreed last year. Over £1billion of this will be spent this year, meaning an annual increase in the NHS’s capital budget of 30%. And the devolved administrations will
also receive additional Barnett funding, with indicative allocations of around £110m for Wales, £180m for Scotland, and £60m for Northern Ireland. Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: “We owe it to patients to make sure they can get the best treatment in the best hospitals. “Today we are making a down payment for the future of NHS buildings and facilities, with a £1.8billion fund to revitalise our hospitals and immediate funding for bigger wards, better mental health units, and state-of-the-art
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will get £30.6m for a new emergency care campus at Stepping Hill Hospital
children’s hospitals in areas that need them the most.”
The 20 hospitals set to be upgraded are: East of England:
• Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will receive £99.5m for a new block to provide critical and intensive care, as well as a delivery suite and operating theatres
• Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will get £69.7m to provide diagnostic and assessment centres in Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and Kings Lynn to aid rapid diagnosis and assessment of cancer and non-cancerous disease • Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will receive £40m to build four new hospital wards in Norwich, providing 80 beds. • NHS South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group will get £25.2m to develop and improve primary care services in South Norfolk
The Midlands:
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust will receive £97.1m for a new purpose-built hospital facility, replacing outdated outpatient, treatment and diagnostic accommodation • United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
NHS Trust will get £21.3m to improve patient flow in Boston by developing urgent and emergency care zones in A&E • Wye Valley NHS Trust is earmarked to get £23.6m for new hospital wards in Hereford, providing 72 beds.
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