Major new £14m Cobridge Community Health Centre reaches Financial Close
A long awaited state-of-the-art new £14m health centre in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent has reached financial close.
Designed by One Creative Environments Ltd, work can now start on site for the new health centre located in Elder Road as contracts have been signed by partners NHS Stoke on Trent, Prima 200 and Prime plc.
The development will include a state of the art 2,665 sq m community health centre and a purpose built 1,668 sq m integrated sexual health unit, which will provide a range of specialist services benefiting communities across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.
The new three storey community health centre brings together three local GP practices, and will include a wide range of health services including new facilities such as an on-site pharmacy, chest clinic, specialist out-patients clinics, and X-ray.
The integrated sexual health unit will offer a range of important clinical and counselling facilities including contraception advice, and sexual health services. A sexual assault referral centre will be provided on the second floor to offer support and care to victims of sexual violence.
Two new buildings will act as one integrated health service, and both are shaped to reflect the local urban landscape, with design sympathetic to the Victorian Christ Church situated nearby. The site will also benefit from extensive landscaping and planting to provide additional green environmental space within the heart of Stoke –on-Trent. Each of the two buildings will also incorporate a range of environmental features to maximise their efficiency and minimise waste.
Work is expected to start on site in June 2010 with the development anticipated for completion in late summer 2011.
