{"id":90455,"date":"2018-03-27T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1e1e0692b345f5f39fb0b19095806a60"},"modified":"2018-03-28T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:45:50","slug":"news-story-nhs-gets-funding-green-light-for-new-buildings-wards-and-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=90455","title":{"rendered":"News story: NHS gets funding green light for new buildings, wards and beds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Full list has been added of the 40 NHS hospitals and community services to receive STP capital funding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The funding was announced today by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Jeremy Hunt. It is the biggest investment of its kind in the NHS in over 10 years. The NHS will spend the money on programmes to meet local demand, such as new urgent care centres and refurbishing mental health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin sustainability and transformation partnership (<abbr title=\"sustainability and transformation partnership\">STP<\/abbr>) will receive \u00a3300 million to transform local hospital services. It proposes to use the funding to develop an emergency care site and a separate planned care site, with 24-hour urgent care centres at both sites.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the money will be awarded to 39 smaller projects, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a36 million to upgrade services of 8 trusts across Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>\u00a38 million for a new health and wellbeing centre to join up local NHS services in Kent<\/li>\n<li>\u00a313 million for 2 new urgent care centres in Newton Abbot and Torquay, and refurbishment of Torbay Hospital\u2019s A&amp;E department<\/li>\n<li>several million pounds for local NHS services in London, including one project worth up to \u00a311 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Jeremy Hunt said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As the NHS approaches its 70th birthday, we are backing it with one of the largest capital programmes in NHS history. As well as a whole new emergency care development in Shropshire, we are backing local NHS services with new buildings, beds and wards so that staff who have been working incredibly hard over winter can have confidence we are expanding capacity for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Further major projects are also under consideration across the country and we intend to announce one large scale scheme the size of the Shrewsbury and Telford plan every year going forward based on high-quality plans coming forward from local NHS leaders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The government is also releasing \u00a3150 million to support the NHS\u2019s work to become more efficient. This additional money will be used to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improve the use of a digital programme that helps the NHS use its workforce better<\/li>\n<li>enable more efficient use of energy in hospitals, which could save the NHS \u00a312 million a year in the first 3 years<\/li>\n<li>improve pharmacy IT and administration systems to reduce medication errors and improve patient safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"nhs-hospitals-and-community-services-to-receive-stp-capital-funding\">40 NHS hospitals and community services to receive <abbr title=\"sustainability and transformation partnership\">STP<\/abbr> capital funding:<\/h4>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Region<\/th>\n<th><abbr title=\"sustainability and transformation partnership\">STP<\/abbr><\/th>\n<th>Scheme Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>Lancashire and South Cumbria<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a331.2 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>West Yorkshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>West Yorkshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a31.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>West Yorkshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a315.0 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>West Yorkshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a36.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>Humber, Coast and Vale<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a37.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a3312 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Derbyshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a36.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>The Black Country<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a33.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>The Black Country<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a39 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Norfolk and Waveney<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a30.6 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Suffolk and North East Essex<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a369 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Suffolk and North East Essex<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a33.4 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Suffolk and North East Essex<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a314.7 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Luton<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a36 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midlands and East<\/td>\n<td>Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Luton<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a31.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>North West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>North West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>North Central London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a30.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>South West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a39.8 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>South West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32.15 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>South West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a311.1 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>South West London<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32.7 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Kent &amp; Medway<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a36 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Kent &amp; Medway<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a38.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Kent &amp; Medway<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a31 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Kent &amp; Medway<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Kent &amp; Medway<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a31.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Sussex and East Surrey<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a319.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Surrey Heartlands<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a30.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Devon<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a313.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Devon<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a326.2 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Somerset<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a379.4 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire<\/td>\n<td>Up To \u00a37.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Hampshire and Isle of Wight<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a33 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Hampshire and Isle of Wight<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a310.3 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Hampshire and Isle of Wight<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a317.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Gloucestershire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a339.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire<\/td>\n<td>Up to \u00a32 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty NHS hospitals and community services will get \u00a3760 million to modernise and transform their buildings and services in the year of the NHS\u2019s 70th birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90473,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90455\/revisions\/90473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}