In July 2016 the trust announced that it needed £650m of central financial support over the next 26 years to finance the £1.8 billion contract.

[3] A redevelopment programme for Stamford Hospital was approved in October 2013.

[4] In January 2014 it was reported that Circle Health could table a rescue bid for the Trust involving partnering it with nearby Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

[5] The bid never materialised, but in July 2016 it was announced that the two trusts were planning to merge in 2017.

[6] The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter.