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Hospital services

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is the acute trust that serves one of the largest geographical areas in England, Lincolnshire, with a population of around 768,364, and a workforce of circa 8,531. Services are delivered by four core clinical divisions: Medicine, Surgery, Family Health, and Clinical Support, with support from our corporate services.

The Trust provides a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services, primarily operating across four hospital sites; Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and Louth.

In addition there are a number of community hospitals providing additional capacity, closer to patients’ homes; John Coupland Hospital in Gainsborough, Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding, Skegness and District Hospital and our newly established Community Diagnostic Centres at Grantham, Skegness and Lincoln.

Support with patient transport

Most people should arrange their own transport to hospital appointments, but NHS Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) is available for those with a medical or mobility need that prevents them from travelling independently. We have also listed other public or voluntary transport options and help with travel costs. Find out more about patient transport.

Key achievements include:

  • Investing £15m capital into Lincoln Emergency Department to improve flow
  • A reduction of 18% in people waiting over 12 hours in our Emergency Departments
  • Developed therapy services at the front door to enable earlier access to treatment for patients
  • Developed a Group model with LCHS and established LCHG
  • Invested £2.4m in medical education facilities at Boston Pilgrim and Lincoln County Hospitals
  • Invested £41m in three community diagnostics centres across
  • Worked with Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust to improve virtual ward utilisation
  • Developed a new £5.6m Resuscitation department in the Emergency Department at Lincoln

Further information about services at ULTH can be found in our Annual Report which is here Annual reports and plans – United Lincolnshire Hospitals.

Partners

We work with a range of other organisations both within Lincolnshire and across the wider system and other Acute Trusts.