START ON SITE ANNOUNCED FOR ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE CENTRE

10 Apr 2008

Work has begun on site for a £2.7 million health centre in Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees. As with other previous schemes in Stockton and Hornsea, the centre is being developed by Abstract Integrated Healthcare and leased to the Practice. P+HS Architects successfully achieved planning consent for the scheme in January this year and Tolent Construction Ltd has been appointed as the principal contractor to deliver the innovative new centre to replace the existing Eaglescliffe Health Centre.

The existing premises, housing a partnership of General Practitioners offering a range of services for over 8000 patients, have been outgrown by the increasing local community, confirming the need for a new, state-of-the-art development with room for future expansion. The provision of the new premises is fully supported by the North Tees PCT and included in the PCT’s Estate Strategy as a primary care development priority. The scheme also received overwhelming public support at the planning consultation stage.

The main elements incorporated by P+HS Architects within the new building include an extensive GP surgery with accommodation for GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants and related clinical staff and a PCT community clinic with group spaces for activities such as parent and child sessions and meeting and training spaces, including a library and group room.

New temporary accommodation will be provided on the nearby open space in Muirfield Drive to enable the redevelopment works to take place on the existing site in Sunningdale Drive. It is expected that the new building will be complete and ready for occupation by the Practice by Summer 2009, when the temporary site will then be fully reinstated.

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