Editing Lincolnshire (section)

==Public services==

===Education===
{{main|Education in Lincolnshire}}
Lincolnshire is one of the few counties in the UK that still uses the [[eleven-plus]] to decide who may attend [[grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]]. As a result, many towns in Lincolnshire have both a grammar school and a [[secondary modern school]]. Lincolnshire's rural character means that some larger villages also have primary schools and are served by buses to nearby high schools.

Lincoln itself, however, is primarily non-selective, as is the area within a radius of about seven miles. In this area, almost all children attend [[comprehensive school]]s, though it is still possible to opt into the eleven-plus system. This gives rise to the unusual result that those who pass the eleven-plus can attend a grammar school outside the Lincoln comprehensive area, but those who do not pass still attend a (partly non-selective) comprehensive school.

Lincolnshire is also home of [[University of Lincoln]].

===Health care===
The [[United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ |title=United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Website – Home |website=Ulh.nhs.uk |access-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403070502/http://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is one of the largest trusts in the country, employing almost 4,000 staff and with an annual budget of over £200&nbsp;million. The north of the county is served by the [http://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust].

Some of the larger hospitals in the county include:

*[[Diana Princess of Wales]] Hospital, Grimsby
*[[Scunthorpe General Hospital]]
*[[Pilgrim Hospital|Boston Pilgrim Hospital]]
*[[Lincoln County Hospital]]

Since April 1994, Lincolnshire has had an [[Air ambulances in the United Kingdom|air ambulance service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beehive.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=4781&PageID=24114 |title=Air Ambulance Lincs & Nott: Home Page |access-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520003730/http://beehive.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=4781&PageID=24114 |archive-date=20 May 2004}}</ref> The air ambulance is stationed at [[RAF Waddington]] near Lincoln and can reach emergencies in Lincolnshire within 25 minutes. An A&E hospital is only 10 minutes away by helicopter from any accident in Lincolnshire.

===Drainage===
Separately to the commercial water companies the low-lying parts of the county are drained by various [[internal drainage board]]s, such as the [http://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/ Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board],[http://w4idb.co.uk/ Witham 4th District IDB], [http://www.lmdb.co.uk/ Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418202643/http://www.lmdb.co.uk/ |date=18 April 2009 }},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lmdb.co.uk/ |title=Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board |access-date=15 August 2009 |archive-date=18 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418202643/http://www.lmdb.co.uk/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> or the [http://www.wellandidb.org.uk/ Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/map-of-idbs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622050726/http://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/map-of-idbs.html |url-status=dead |title=Map of Lincolnshire IDBs |archive-date=22 June 2009}}</ref>