LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trusts) projects are a UK Government initiative to create long-term public-private sector partnerships that provide new and improved facilities for health and social care at a local level. Typical services include GP practices, chiropody, speech and language therapy, community nursing, dental surgery and family planning.
The framework arrangements give the Project Entity the exclusive right to develop further primary healthcare facilities in the agreed geographical area subject to periodic market testing of key services. 14 facilities in 7 different tranches have developed to date with 6 financial closes between June 2004 and November 2011.