{"id":748060,"date":"2026-08-24T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748060\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:04:13","slug":"nhs-bosses-call-for-extra-cash-to-improve-current-healthcare-services-in-spalding-if-250-home-plans-off-holland-park-go-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748060\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS bosses call for extra cash to improve current healthcare services in Spalding if 250-home plans off Holland Park go ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NHS bosses are asking a developer for extra funding to improve existing healthcare services if plans for 250 new homes go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (LICB) has lodged its response to Broadgate Homes&#8217; planning application for <a href=\"https:\/\/lincsonline.co.uk\/spalding\/news\/developer-says-plan-for-250-homes-could-inject-fresh-energy-9463862\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the news homes on land off Holland Park<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lincsonline.co.uk\/spalding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spalding<\/a> \u2014 and has called for \u00a3216,706 to help cope with the extra demand on the town\u2019s GP services.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 730 362\" alt=\"An artists impression of the site PHOTO: Broadgate Homes\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"3N5WWFBXX6Y29H6KVBFZ.jpg\" data-ar=\"2.02\"\/>An artists impression of the site PHOTO: Broadgate Homes<\/p>\n<p>The properties would be built near Meadow Way and Hawthorn Bank to complete the residential extension of the area, which could see up to 7,000 new homes built and a 6.5km relief road <a href=\"https:\/\/lincsonline.co.uk\/spalding\/news\/how-about-it-andrea-funding-next-phase-of-road-to-nowhere-9474124\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">if funding is secured<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the LICB is concerned about the additional pressure that would be placed on existing GP provision within the development\u2019s catchment area, which currently includes Beechfield Medical Centre and Munro Medical Centre.<\/p>\n<p>It calculated that the extra 250 properties would increase the patient population by 552.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 7102 4732\" alt=\"The LICB is asking for extra funding to improve existing healthcare services in Spalding if plans for 250 new homes off Holland Park go ahead. Picture: iStock\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"QRN96FGLBX2R8D13EWV1.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.50\"\/>The LICB is asking for extra funding to improve existing healthcare services in Spalding if plans for 250 new homes off Holland Park go ahead. Picture: iStock<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis development would put additional demands on the existing GP services for the area and additional infrastructure would be required to meet the increased demands,\u201d the board said in a comment submitted to the planning portal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publicnoticeportal.uk\/?utm_source=lincsonline.co.uk&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=iliffe_nav_widget\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read about planning applications in your area via our public notice portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The board is calling for the developer to put extra funding either towards existing healthcare facilities within the catchment area or further afield to help meet the demand from an increased population.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2119 1415\" alt=\"The extra 250 properties would increase the patient population by 552. Picture: iStock\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"55GHBPG2OP3A515YJU0U.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.50\"\/>The extra 250 properties would increase the patient population by 552. Picture: iStock<\/p>\n<p>It wants the healthcare contribution to be paid once 50 per cent of the homes in each phase of the development have been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Receiving the funding at this stage would allow GP practices to expand before all the new residents move in, helping to prevent services from becoming overstretched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHS bosses are asking a developer for extra funding to improve existing healthcare services if plans for 250&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,8739,4475,13191,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-748060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-lincs-homepage","tag-planning","tag-spalding","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}