New Primary Care Centre to be opened in Enniscorthy
PLANS are well in place for the construction of a new state of the art HSE Primary Care Centre in Enniscorthy.
The HSE last week confirmed that a letter of intent has been issued to the developer who is currently liaising with the HSE in relation to the proposed layout of the building, which should be ready for occupation by the third quarter of 2020.
Somewhat unusually no definite location has been agreed for the centre as of yet, however, Fianna Fáil TD James Browne, who raised the issue in a parliamentary questions last week, is hopeful that it will be a central location within Enniscorthy town.
‘It seems to be how they do things these days,’ he said. ‘They contract out the provision of the centre to the developer and it becomes their job both to find a location and to build the building. It’s a bit unusual, but not unique. This is very positive news, but I suppose it is a little bit frustrating not knowing where it will be located.
PLANS are well in place for the construction of a new state of the art HSE Primary Care Centre in Enniscorthy.
The HSE last week confirmed that a letter of intent has been issued to the developer who is currently liaising with the HSE in relation to the proposed layout of the building, which should be ready for occupation by the third quarter of 2020.
Somewhat unusually no definite location has been agreed for the centre as of yet, however, Fianna Fáil TD James Browne, who raised the issue in a parliamentary questions last week, is hopeful that it will be a central location within Enniscorthy town.
‘It seems to be how they do things these days,’ he said. ‘ They contract out the provision of the centre to the developer and it becomes their job both to find a location and to build the building. It’s a bit unusual, but not unique. This is very positive news, but I suppose it is a little bit frustrating not knowing where it will be located. Wherever the centre will be located, it will have to get planning permission and I assume the developer is already in contact with the County Council Planning Department.’
‘I do hope they find a location as soon as possible,’ Deputy Browne continued. ‘I think it’s important that it’s as central as possible. A lot of those who’d be using the services would be older people and also a good Primary Care Centre would carry economic benefits for the town centre as well.’
Among the services slated to be provided in the new building are speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, public health nursing, dental services, ophthalmology, home help, diabetes, caredoc, mental health, TUSLA, psychology and social work.
‘It’s badly needed in Enniscorthy,’ Deputy Browne concluded. ‘I took a tour recently of the new Primary Care Centre in Wexford and it’s fantastic to see such modern facilities. Also it’s great to have all these services together in one place rather than people being sent somewhere else in the county. It’s really positive news for Enniscorthy and it seems there’s a definitive plan in place, rather than just saying it’ll happen at some point in the future.’