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Little Hulton Health Centre now open
A brand new health centre is now open in Little Hulton providing the local community with state-of-the-art primary care health services in a convenient neighbourhood location.
The two-storey development on Longshaw Drive houses GP services as well as a range of enhanced primary care services all under one roof, offering a joined-up clinical service in modern fit-for-purpose premises to serve the local population of 13,000. Salford Primary Care Together (SPCT) and NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group worked together with Greater Manchester Pension Fund to deliver this muchneeded facility for the people of Little Hulton and are delighted that it is now open and delivering services to the community.
Liz Cross, Chair of SPCT said: “We are really proud to have partnered with colleagues to deliver this new building for the Little Hulton community and it’s incredibly exciting to have now reached the point when clinical services start. “This facility has been a long time in the planning; local residents and patients have had the opportunity to contribute their ideas and thoughts throughout this time. We hope they have a real sense of pride in using this modern, high quality facility.”
Building work begins Construction work is underway at Salford Royal’s new £68million hospital to support the organisation in its role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester.
Left to right: BAM Construction Manager Rob Bailey, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist Dr Sheila Tose and Northern Care Alliance Chief Executive Raj Jain
The forthcoming James Potter Building will also be the hub site for emergency general surgery for the north west of Greater Manchester. BAM is constructing the six-storey development (previously referred to as the Acute Receiving Centre), which is also part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan, a hospital building programme which will deliver 48 hospitals across the country by 2030. The new facility is named in honour of the organisation’s recently retired, long-standing chairman Jim Potter and will include a resuscitation area, five emergency theatres, inpatient beds, diagnostic imaging, and a helipad, meaning seriously ill patients will reach the site even
more quickly for their life-saving treatment. The scheme aims to complete in summer 2023. Salford Royal is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group. NCA Chief Executive Raj Jain said: “This important facility has been many years in the planning with a number of our local, regional and national partners. We are proud to be the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and this centre and the amazing state of the art facilities and our specialist clinical teams within it will allow us to provide trauma care and services to an additional 400 trauma patients per year and help save more lives.” For more information please visit www.srft.nhs.uk
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