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LSHP Achieve Financial Close on Tranche 3
On 14th August 2009 Liverpool and Sefton Health Partnership Financially Closed a further three schemes in Garston, Speke and Oriel Drive.
The largest of the three schemes will be built at the site of the Sir Alfred Jones Hospital in Garston. The 5,800m² development, designed by MBLA Architects will stand on a sandstone outcrop and will be a prominent landmark in Garston. Unlike the existing building, people will be able to access the new facility from street level rather than by steep ramps and stairs as they do currently. The services to be delivered from the new building will include:
General Medical Practice
Primary Care Walk in Centre
Radiology (also supporting Walk in Centre Out of Hours
Provision of Paediatric Outpatient services
Intra venous therpaies e.g. Blood transfusions
Phlebotomy and ECG services
A range of outpatient consultations with providers of services to be advised
A range of outpatient treatments with providers of services to be advised
Foot services including annual diabetic foot checks
A range of integrated sexual health services including Chlamyida screening
Community and Private dental services
Musculoskeletal assessment and treatment services
Adult audiology services
Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy screening services
Gastroscopy and Sigmoidoscopy diagnostic services
Administration support for the Hospital
City Council Social Services
Provided to look after the facility
Pharmacy
Community café
Construction of the Garston NHS Treatment Centre will begin in late September and is expected to be completed in early April 2011.
Construction of the Speke Neighbourhood Health Centre will also begin in late September. The new 2,800m² scheme will take the health provision of Speke into the 21st Century. The light and airy design of the new building will incorporate some of the latest environmental technologies, providing a percentage of its own power by way of a wind turbine and solar panels. Water recycling will also add to saving the environment.
The scheme will incorporate the following facilities:
Three GP Practices relocating from the existing facility
Dental Services
Phlebotomy
Podiatry
Education and Training Suites
Sexual Health Services
Midwifery Children Services
Vaccination and Immunisation
A range of outpatient consulting services
A range of outpatient treatment services including minor surgery
Pharmacy
The operational date of the new building is expected to be late December 2010.
The last of this tranche of schemes is the Oriel Drive Health Centre. This 422m² development comprises of a replacement of the existing Health Centre, there is already a long-established health centre on the site. The re-development and continuation of the medical centre use will retain and enhance local facilities in the area. Local community facilities and stakeholders will benefit from the improved accessibility to the new health centre. This improved accessibility to healthcare facilities in terms of size, type and location is a local community aspiration.
The scheme will incorporate the following services:
GP Practice
Education and Training Suites
Midwifery Children Services
Vaccination and Immunisation
Mental Health Counselling
Minor Surgery
Warfarin Monitoring
Diabetic Clinic
Weight Monitoring
Cervical Cytology
Hypertension Monitoring
Work on this building has already commenced and is expected to be completed in early June next year.
Graham Pink, Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool and Sefton Health Partnership, stated “We are delighted to achieve Financial Close on our third tranche of schemes. It marks another milestone in the life of Liverpool and Sefton Health Partnership. More importantly is a further step forward in the improvement and enhancement of healthcare facilities across Liverpool. These significant developments in Garston, Speke and Oriel Drive will deliver first class healthcare facilities into the heart of people’s communities.”
John Garrett, Liverpool PCT Director of a New Health Service for Liverpool and NHS LIFT stated “The completion of the financial close 3 demonstrates the achievement of an exciting milestone in Liverpool PCT’s implementation of ‘A New Health Service for Liverpool – Improving Care Outside of Hospital’. The construction projects involved will encompass the three key elements of the PCTs strategy – Improvements in facilities at a general practice level, the creation of new neighbourhood facilities and finally the provision of an NHS Treatment Centre for the South of the City. The completion of these projects will enable the PCT to take significant steps towards delivering a wider range of enhanced services to the populations served by these new facilities.”