New health centre building begins

Published on 1st November 2007 in News

Major excavation work has begun on Goole's new health centre.

Partners involved in the development of the centre, at Goole Hospital, helped break the ground this week.

The £4.5 million centre is due to be finished by December next year and will include modern GP, dental, pharmacy, therapy and community services and will mean closer links between GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff.

Piling work for the building is now finished and excavation work for the foundations was due to begin on Monday, with the first bricks being laid at the end of November. The new health centre will stand at the back of the hospital site, next to the ambulance station.

The 2,300 square metre, two-storey building will be constructed from matching materials and will house staff from the current Bartholomew Medical Group and the provider services arm of the trust.

Karen Knapton, chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust, said: "Goole is a priority area for the PCT in terms of addressing health inequalities and people have been waiting some time for the new, improved health facilities the new centre will offer.

"The new Primary Care Health Centre will bring clear benefits for patients with closer working between the PCT, the Bartholomew practice and hospital-based services on one single site."