Hospital trust given £1.95m to prepare for winter

The Government announced 117 trusts across the country will be given a share of the £300m pot of funding.

In the North East and Yorkshire, 21 hospital trusts will be given a total of £53.7m –  £1.95m of that will be allocated to The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

The money has been allocated to help trusts upgrade their A&E facilities, help the NHS prepare for winter and the risk from further outbreaks of coronavirus.

Nearby, Barnsley's hospital trust will receive £3.971m, and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will get £1.85m

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust has been allocated £2.049m and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be awarded £1.7m.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "We continue to deliver on our promise to build back better and faster, with £300million allocated for NHS trusts to update their facilities and improve A&E capacity.

"These upgrade will help our fantastic NHS prepare for the winter months, helping them to deliver world-leading services and reduce the risk of coronavirus infections.

"Thanks to the hard work and tireless efforts of NHS staff throughout the pandemic, our A&Es have remained open for the public.

"It's vital that those who need emergency treatment this winter acess it, and for those who reman concerned about visiting hospitals, let me assure you that the NHS has measues in place to keep people safe."