1:22pm Sunday 21st March 2010
By Siobhan Ryan, Health Reporter
A one-stop health centre open its doors in Brighton tomorrow.
The Wellsbourne centre in Whitehawk brings together two GP practices, a pharmacy and several community services under one roof.
They include podiatry, district nursing, mental health and stop smoking services.
The building in Whitehawk Way has been designed and purpose-built to include a ground-source heat pump, light tubes to maximise natural light and a biodiversity roof covered in plant life.
NHS Brighton and Hove chairman Alan McCarthy said: “We listened to what local people said they needed and the Wellsbourne Centre has been designed and built with that feedback in mind.
“As well as being environmentally friendly, the new centre provides a spacious environment and high quality facilities that will enable health professionals to offer a wider range of health services than are currently available in Whitehawk.”
Two existing GP practices - Broadway Surgery and Whitehawk Medical Practice - are moving into the new health centre.
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