The Government has today announced a multi-million pound investment in hospitals this Winter. Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital will receive an allocation of over £2.5 million each to help cope with the Winter pressures. This is part of a £337 million immediate funding boost for NHS hospitals this Winter in addition to an extra £2.8 billion investment over the next two years.
Hospitals and the wider health system has prepared earlier and more extensively than ever before for Winter this year, with a focus on securing the right numbers of doctors and nurses, increasing bed availability, and making sure there is strong social care and community care support available to help discharge patients from hospital quickly.
This is great news for patients and residents in my constituency and across the country. We all want to know the NHS is there for us and our families whenever we need it, so I'm pleased the Government is giving the NHS extra support at this critical time of year, when cold weather and flu can increase the pressures on hard-working hospital staff.