FEATURE FACTBOX: The distance between hospitals

Some of the distances pregnant mums and seriously injured people may have to cover.

Figures found by the Standard suggest the average time for a Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance flight between the county’s hospitals is between 10-15 minutes,. Each call out costing around £2,100. The service currently needs £1.9 million a year and is called out to around 1,000 incidents.

Here follow times provided by East Midlands Ambulance Service, which costs around £230 per call-out.

○ Boston Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 1 hour 2 mins

○ Spalding Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 31 mins

○ Spalding Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 1 hour 11 mins

○ Grantham Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 48 mins

○ Grantham Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 52 mins

○ Sleaford Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 34 mins

○ Sleaford Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 37 mins

○ Horncastle Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 26 mins

○ Horncastle Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 38 mins

○ Louth Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 46 mins

○ Louth Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 41 mins

○ Skegness Station to Pilgrim Hospital, Boston: 33 mins

○ Skegness Station to Lincoln County Hospital: 1 hour 3 mins

Here are some general distances and times compiled from Google Maps.

○ Boston to Lincoln: 34.8 miles, 59 minutes.

○ Spalding to Boston: 15.2 miles, 37 minutes.

○ Spalding to Lincoln: 43.5 miles, 1 hour 12 minutes.

○ Grantham to Boston: 30.5 miles, 51 minutes.

○ Grantham to Lincoln: 33.8 miles, 50 minutes.

○ Sleaford to Boston: 18.7 miles, 33 minutes.

○ Sleaford to Lincoln: 17.9 miles, 34 minutes.

○ Skegness to Boston: 22 miles, 44 minutes.

○ Skegness to Lincoln: 42.5 miles, 1 hour 14 minutes.

○ Horncastle to Boston: 18.5 miles, 32 minutes.

○ Horncastle to Lincoln: 22.3 miles, 42 minutes.

○ Louth to Boston: 32.2 miles, 53 minutes.

○ Mablethorpe to Boston: 32.8 miles, 57 minutes.

○ Mablethorpe to Lincoln: 42.4 miles, 1 hour 13 minutes

○ Louth to Lincoln: 26.8 miles, 48 minutes.

○ Spilsby to Boston: 16.9 miles, 31 minutes.

○ Spilsby to Lincoln: 32 miles, 58 minutes.

○ Market Rasen to Boston: 37.2 miles, 1 hour

○ Market Rasen to Lincoln: 16.6 miles, 33 minutes.