In LIFT we have a great opportunity to build a future for primary
care that
will be categorised by modern, purpose-built facilities
for NHS staff
and patients alike, and which can take the long-standing
relationship
that has always existed between NHS primary care services
into a new
and exciting phase of development - helping the NHS become the service we want it to be.
The Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Minister of State for Health, speaking at the LIFT National Conference, December 5th, 2002
About NHS LIFT
In 2000 the government issued a 10 year blueprint for investment in the NHS, the NHS Plan, designed to deliver major improvements in health.
The NHS Plan identifies a number of targets for increased investment in primary health and social care facilities, including 500 new “one-stop shops” and the modernisation of 3,000 GP premises.
NHS LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) is a new approach to capital investment for community based services, aimed at meeting the targets for primary care described in the NHS Plan.
Local stakeholders will enter a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the form of a local LIFT company, which will own and develop fully maintained property for primary, community and social care users.
NHS LIFT aims to develop a new market for investment in primary care and community-based facilities and services.
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