Focus on four NHS services

Those who took part in Healthy Conversation 2019 will note that there are only four of the services which were discussed at that point included in this consultation.

This is because we are not currently able to progress improvements to all of the eight original services discussed at that time, due to not having sufficient capital funding. This means that there is not enough ‘one-off’ funding available to, for example, adapt the buildings to accommodate all of the potential service changes we are proposing.

The reason we are focusing on the current four NHS services is either because we can take the proposed changes forward without significant capital funding, or because the service is extremely fragile in its current state, and must therefore be prioritised for improvement in order to continue caring for Lincolnshire’s population.