The city’s NHS Foundation Trust says the modern facility will provide patients with care for urgent but non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
This will improve patient flow and access to urgent care services.
The centre, funded using £7m from NHS England, is expected to open by the autumn.
Urgent treatment centres are already established at other hospitals within the BSW Hospitals Group, including the Royal United Hospitals Bath and Great Western Hospital.
Inside the urgent treatment centre (Image: Inez Szczepanska)
Nick Johnson, managing director at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This new urgent treatment centre is all about improving care for our patients.
“It will make it easier for people with urgent health needs to be seen quickly, while also allowing our emergency department teams to focus on those who are most unwell.
“It’s a really positive step forward for patients and for our staff.”
The centre will treat patients with conditions such as minor injuries, breaks and sprains, cuts, infections and other health problems that need same day treatment but are not life threatening.
This will enable people who require serious or live-saving treatment to receive faster and more specialised care at the busy emergency department.