Building Size:
2239 sq. mtrs

Start date:
March 2010

Completion date:
June 2011

Project Status:
On Site

NHS Lift - South East Hackney Primary Care Resource Centre

A much needed fit for purpose clinical accommodation for the community of Hackney

The aim at the new South East Primary Care Resource Centre, built on the old Hackney Hospital site, is to provide much needed fit for purpose clinical accommodation for a range of clinical services including 2 GP practices, Community Dentistry, Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Optometry, District Nurses and Health Visitors and Speech & Language therapies.  The Centre will occupy four floors and will cost just under £6 million to build. East London LIFTCo and Ashley House plc, a joint venture between the public and private sector to facilitate improvement in public service infrastructure, will build the new centre and maintain it for 25 years on land provided by NHS City and Hackney.

This will be the first of the 4 planned Resource Centres at the heart of the Trusts Polysystem strategy, as outlined in the consultation document Bigger, Brighter, Better, to improve the health and wellbeing for the population of City and Hackney.

The SERC building has been designed to be welcoming, especially to those with the highest health needs (including the elderly and parents of young children) and to fit in well with the surrounding area and the especially to residential redevelopment proposals for the site to the North.

NHS City and Hackney's plans for bigger, brighter and better healthcare are one step closer, thanks to recent developments with a Primary Care Resource Centre in south east Hackney.

Steve Gilvin, Director of Primary Care Commissioning at NHS City and Hackney said: "This development takes Hackney residents one step closer to having access to high quality care closer to home.

"Our Care Closer to Home strategy advocates a new model for primary care delivery and was developed following research and extensive dialogue with the local public. It's about bringing care back into the community, improving access to a key range of health services all in one-place, at extended opening times."

The strategy proposes a model of four Primary Care Resource Centres to serve the residents of Hackney and the City. Each will serve approximately 60,000 -70,000 local residents, and act as a one-stop place where local people can access a range of services including an Urgent Care Centre (open 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week), diagnostic tests including ultrasound and audiology, community health services such as physiotherapy, foot health and family planning, and physiotherapy services.

The South East Primary Care Resource Centre will contain community dentistry, space for two GP practices, an additional physio gym and bookable consulting space for other community-based services. Construction started March 2010 and the Centre is due to open in spring 2011.