£32.7m for upgrading A&E departments in hospitals in the Anglia region
NHS trusts across the East of England and Northamptonshire are to receive £32.7 million to upgrade facilities ahead of the winter amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the additional cash would enable hospitals to maintain essential services and reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection during the coming months.
The funding comes from a £1.5 billion capital building allocation for the NHS set out by Mr Johnson in June.
In all, 117 trusts in England will benefit from the additional funding which could be used by hospitals to increase A&E capacity, with more treatment cubicles and expanded waiting areas to ease overcrowding and improve infection control.
It could also enable hospitals to increase the provision of same-day emergency care and improve patient flows to help them to better respond to winter pressures and the risks of fresh coronavirus outbreaks.
Officials said the projects would all be completed by the start of 2021 so hospitals would benefit from the upgrades during the peak months of winter.
Cash allocation to hospitals in the Anglia region to upgrade A&E facilities
£3.0 m - Bedfordshire Hospitals (Luton & Dunstable and Bedford)
£875,000 - Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke's)
£3.051 m - East Suffolk & North Essex (Ipswich and Colchester)
£2.2 m - James Paget, Gorleston
£1.0 m - Kettering General
£4.838 m - Mid & South Essex (Basildon, Broomfield and Southend)
£1.578 m - Milton Keynes
£1.898 m - Norfolk & Norwich
£3.7 m - North West Anglia (Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke)
£2.9 m - Northampton General
£1.9 m - Queen Elizabeth, King's Lynn
£400,000 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
£2.66 m - West Hertfordshire
£2.7 m - West Suffolk