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Aug 2020
Harrogate hospital receives £527,000 to upgrade A&E department
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust has received £527,000 in funding to help increase capacity at Harrogate hospital’s accident and emergency department.
The money comes as part of a £300 million funding pot announced by the government for hospital trusts across the country.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said 117 trusts will be granted the extra money to prepare for winter and further outbreaks of coronavirus.
A total of £53 million has been handed to 21 trusts across the North East and Yorkshire, with Harrogate receiving £527,000.
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As part of the funding, hospital bosses in Harrogate said the money will go towards modernising the A&E department and improve other facilities such as x-rays.
Jonathan Coulter, director of finance and deputy chief executive at the hospital trust, said:
Meanwhile, Andrew Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, said the money will help to put the hospital in a good position ahead of winter.
He said:
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