Work under way on £3.4 million medical centre
Work has started on a new £3.4 million medical facility.
Contractor G F Tomlinson has commenced development on the new Greenwood House Medical Centre in Burntwood.
Due for completion in September 2021, the facility, located on Lichfield Road, will bring first class healthcare facilities to the community, relieving the pressure on local hospitals.
The new single storey centre will have 12 consulting rooms, five treatment rooms, a healthcare and phlebotomy room, and a health education space with an adjoining pharmacy unit.
It is being built on a site previously occupied by a residential care home, which has been vacant since 2008.
Modernised
The centre, which will provide an upgrade to the current healthcare facilities, replaces services provided by the Darwin Medical Practice located on Hudson Drive approximately 300m away from Greenwood House.
There will also be 61 on site parking spaces created and surroundings will be landscaped, with the centre using the existing road entrance for the former care home.
The scheme has been funded by NHS England’s Estates and Technology Transformation Fund, which aims to improve healthcare services for patients across the country with modernised facilities and technology.
Procured through the Staffordshire County Council framework, G F Tomlinson has been selected to provide construction works for the site, and this is the fifth project the contractor has procured through the framework since 2016.
Recent projects for the framework have included the £3.7m renovation of King Edward VI Primary School in Lichfield.
