Where will NHS LIFTs be developed?
• The Department has approved the development of 42 LIFTs • 6 first wave schemes: Newcastle and North Tyneside; Barnsley; Manchester, Salford & Trafford; Sandwell; Camden & Islington and East London and City. These were announced in February 2001. • 12 second wave schemes : Barking and Havering; Birmingham and Solihull; Bradford; Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; Coventry; East Lancashire; Hull; Leicester; Liverpool and Sefton; West Kent (Medway); North Staffordshire; Redbridge and Waltham Forest. These schemes were announced in February 2002. • 24 third wave schemes were announced in August 2002.