Investment in healthcare buildings in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire means that about 345,000 extra GP appointments can be offered each year.
Funds from the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund saw 25 GP practices receive upgrades and reconfigurations to their buildings during 2025/26, following successful bids by Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The programme has delivered additional consulting and clinical rooms and is expected to support about 345,000 additional GP appointments each year.
Surgeries in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have benefitted from more than £1.9m to upgrade premises.
A record-breaking 8.25 million appointments were provided by the 126 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire GP practices in 2025/26, the highest number ever recorded.
The figures were revealed as the Government announced a 10-yeal capital development plan to rebuild the NHS and bring care closer to home.
Backed by a record capital budget for health, rising to £15 billion in 29-30, the plan sets out how the government will rebuild, renew and modernise the NHS.
The plan also sets out how unused NHS land can be turned into affordable homes for healthcare workers. Nurses, porters, healthcare assistants and other NHS staff will be able to rent homes close to the hospitals where they work, helping them spend less time commuting and making it easier for the NHS to recruit and keep staff in areas where housing costs are highest.
Minister of State for Health, Karin Smyth said:
“NHS patients – and the brilliant staff who care for them – deserve modern buildings, reliable equipment and services fit for the future.
“Too many NHS buildings are crumbling and outdated. This government is taking the long-term decisions needed to rebuild the health service.
“Our 10 Year Capital Plan backs that ambition with record investment and reforms that will help patients get faster appointments, better facilities, modern technology and more care closer to home for patients across the country.”
The government is investing at least £6.75 billion over the next nine years to repair hospitals, replace unsafe buildings and tackle the maintenance backlog, reducing the disruptions that can lead to cancelled appointments and delayed treatment.
This plan confirms the government will deliver 250 Neighbourhood Health Centres. Bringing together GPs, diagnostic tests, community and other services under one roof, they will make it easier for patients to get the care they need closer to home instead of travelling to hospital.
Alongside improvements to buildings, the plan invests in better technology across the NHS. This includes improving the NHS App, introducing a Single Patient Record so patients do not have to repeat the same information to different parts of the health service, and replacing outdated systems that keep staff tied up with paperwork, and away from patients.
