Work starts on new £8m health centre
STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT IN HULL
WORK is under way on an £8m new-build that will bring state-ofthe-art facilities to thousands of Hull patients.
Sewell Construction is now on site at the West Hull Health Hub.
It will become part of Modality Partnership Hull’s Primary Care Network, with more than 60,000 patients across East Yorkshire.
The two-storey building will replace Springhead Medical Centre in Willerby Road, a large and well-established family GP and teaching practice which is rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
Dr Elizabeth
Dobson, an executive partner at Modality, said: “Safe and effective primary care facilities have never been more essential in order to keep our patients and our staff safe.
“The past eight months have highlighted the constraints of our existing property.
“Breaking ground on West Hull Health Hub is an important milestone for the practice and we are one step closer to a purposebuilt health centre for our patients.
“The team supporting our patients continues to expand, allowing us to provide holistic, proactive and preventative services to patients and take the time to address all aspects of health and wellbeing.
“As primary care transforms to meet the needs of patients, we are building relationships with community services and charities that will enhance the care and support offered to our patients.
“In a challenging year, the knowledge that Sewell Construction is progressing with building West Hull Health Hub is positive and reassuring, knowing it is not long before both our staff and our patients will benefit from care being provided in a safe, spacious working environment.”
The Calvert Lane site will include 32 clinical rooms, including GP and nurse consulting rooms, treatment rooms, clinical support spaces and office accommodation, as well as a reception and waiting area, a wheelchair accessible lift, baby changing area and buggy parking, a pharmacy and adjacent car park.
Erica Daley, interim chief operating officer for NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “The new West Hull Health Hub is a very welcome and positive development for the city and, in particular, for the patients at Springhead Medical Centre.
“We look forward to seeing new building take shape over coming months.”
The project is expected to be completed in November next year.
Dave Major, project manager at Sewell Construction, said: “It’s been an extremely tough year for everyone, particularly health service providers who have worked the the
tirelessly to support our local communities, so we hope that starting on site is a welcomed, positive sign of better things to come in 2021.
“The practice and its patients deserve a world-class facility.
“We’re proud to be continuing our great working relationship with Citycare to build on its existing portfolio of health facilities across the city. We’ll be keen to engage with local residents once we’re able to, hosting various engagement activities both on and off site.”
Citycare is the health estates management arm of Sewell Group.