A SNEAK peak inside a new £7 million medical centre in Stourport has been met with excitement from residents.
The Stourport Medical Centre Facebook page has shared photographs of inside the new surgery, which is set to welcome its first patients in the autumn.
They said the new surgery is "coming along nicely," with construction work passing the halfway point earlier this year.
The project has faced a number of hurdles due to the pandemic, but the main structure, ground floor external walls and roof trusses of the new building, in Dunley Road, are now complete.
Inside the new medical centre in Stourport. Photo: Stourport Medical Centre
The new Stourport Medical Centre will replace Stourport Health Centre and York House Medical Centre, which bosses at Wyre Forest Health Partnership (WFHP) shave said are outdated, too small and no longer fit for purpose.
Staff and patients at the two sites have already merged to cope with challenges brought about by the Covid pandemic, meaning the town's doctors are currently housed in one site while the other is used as a clinical overflow and administrative space.
Reacting to the new photographs, one Facebook user said: "It's going to be a great improvement."
Inside the new medical centre in Stourport. Photo: Stourport Medical Centre
Another said: "I can’t wait to see it all finished."
When construction reached the halfway point, Clare Nock, chief executive at Wyre Forest Health Partnership, said: “This was a complex project to bring together and it has taken a great degree of commitment and determination on all sides to turn the building from an ambition to a reality.
"The new medical centre will enable us to offer our 21,500 patients a wider range of services, in a building fit for 21st century primary care.
"We look forward to sharing it with our patients.”
An artist's impression of the new Stourport Medical Centre
Simon Trickett, chief executive of the local CCG, added: "It’s great to see this project proceeding as per the planned timescale and we all recognise what a challenging year both the Wyre Forest Health Partnership, the development, and the construction teams have had.
"The project has involved a significant capital and revenue investment from the NHS to make it happen and the building will be a huge upgrade on the existing facilities.
"We are all looking forward to it opening later this year and being able to play a major part in delivering modern healthcare for the local community.”
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