There are currently six Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) schemes within the NHS West Midlands strategic health authority area. The Department of Health is able to confirm that one of these schemes is located in the North Staffordshire primary care trust (PCT) area. However, there are no current LIFT schemes in the South Staffordshire PCT area, which includes Tamworth.
Each LIFT Scheme is comprised of a number of individual LIFT centres and the number of these is shown in the table, broken down by the geographical areas requested and their current status.
Geographical area Completed and operational Under construction 1Planned West Midlands 15 8 15 Staffordshire 4 1 2 Tamworth _ _. _ 1 The term planned = all of the planned centres that the Department is aware of, which are prior to financial close and construction.