26/03/2012
Minister Views Plans For Health And Care Centre
Health Minister Edwin Poots will today visit Ballymena to view plans for a new state of the art £25 million Health and Care Centre.
The new Health and Care Centre will be built on the Braid Valley Hospital site and will provide a range of community services including GP services, diagnostic services, community dentistry, podiatry, speech and language services, physiotherapy services, challenging behaviour services and community addictions unit. An Out of Hours service will also be provided from the new Centre.
Describing the new Ballymena centre, Health Minister Edwin Poots said: "This much needed facility will replace outdated accommodation and dramatically improve the provision and delivery of health care and social services to people in Ballymena and surrounding area. It will assist in my objective, reinforced in the Transforming Your Care document, of having more care provided outside of the hospital setting."
The Trust currently provides primary and community care services from a number of locations and properties dispersed across the Ballymena area. The Minister added: "The new Health and Care Centre in Ballymena will bring together a range of services in a modern, accessible, one-stop facility. GP services, selected acute outpatient and diagnostic services and a large number of multidisciplinary teams will be available under one roof."
The Minister announced funding for this build in July 2011.
(CD/GK)
The new Health and Care Centre will be built on the Braid Valley Hospital site and will provide a range of community services including GP services, diagnostic services, community dentistry, podiatry, speech and language services, physiotherapy services, challenging behaviour services and community addictions unit. An Out of Hours service will also be provided from the new Centre.
Describing the new Ballymena centre, Health Minister Edwin Poots said: "This much needed facility will replace outdated accommodation and dramatically improve the provision and delivery of health care and social services to people in Ballymena and surrounding area. It will assist in my objective, reinforced in the Transforming Your Care document, of having more care provided outside of the hospital setting."
The Trust currently provides primary and community care services from a number of locations and properties dispersed across the Ballymena area. The Minister added: "The new Health and Care Centre in Ballymena will bring together a range of services in a modern, accessible, one-stop facility. GP services, selected acute outpatient and diagnostic services and a large number of multidisciplinary teams will be available under one roof."
The Minister announced funding for this build in July 2011.
(CD/GK)
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