{"id":197403,"date":"2025-10-13T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197403\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:04:08","slug":"expanded-plans-for-new-healthcare-centre-in-downham-market-are-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197403\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanded plans for new healthcare centre in Downham Market are approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Revised designs to make a new healthcare facility and pharmacy even bigger have been given the green light.<\/p>\n<p>West Norfolk Council first granted planning permission for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnnews.co.uk\/news\/new-healthcare-centre-gets-the-green-light-9400836\/?_gl=1*bdgjig*_ga*NzYxNDcxNzQ0LjE3NDgyNzE4Mjk.*_ga_0T0BJZG9VS*czE3NjAzNDM4NjUkbzUxMSRnMSR0MTc2MDM0NDkxNCRqNjAkbDAkaDA.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downham\u2019s Willows Pharmacy to relocate into the old social club on Paradise Road<\/a> in January this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a follow-up application <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnnews.co.uk\/news\/new-healthcare-centre-could-be-expanded-due-to-significant-9427598\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to make the premises even larger<\/a> than originally planned has been approved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 5299 3741\" alt=\"The new healthcare centre will be housed at the old Downham Market Club\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"WLZQL6XCLYDVZ9QUZIT6.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.42\"\/>The new healthcare centre will be housed at the old Downham Market Club<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnnews.co.uk\/news\/big-plans-for-new-healthcare-centre-could-make-a-massive-di-9392691\/?_gl=1*rip5s6*_ga*NzYxNDcxNzQ0LjE3NDgyNzE4Mjk.*_ga_0T0BJZG9VS*czE3NjAzNDM4NjUkbzUxMSRnMSR0MTc2MDM0NTMxMCRqNTkkbDAkaDA.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The healthcare centre is expected to improve access for patients,<\/a> with the original plans saying it will provide three consulting rooms and an automatic 24-hour medication dispenser, and incorporate the NHS\u2019s \u2018Pharmacy First\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The new application sought permission for the main pharmacy building to be extended beyond its current blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>The two buildings flanking this section will be used for \u201cassociated healthcare\u201d &#8211; including four consultation rooms, reception, and toilet. This will require a \u201csmall extension\u201d to the front of the west building.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, plans for an increased number of treatment rooms mean around 20 new staff members will be needed &#8211; more than the ten or 12 stated in the original application.<\/p>\n<p>Downham Town Council has backed the scheme, saying it will \u201coffer a good facility for the people of Downham and make use of the vacant building\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The borough council approved the expansion last week, stipulating that the premises will only be allowed to open between 8am-7pm from Monday-Saturday and will be closed on Sundays and bank holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The healthcare facility will be privately funded, but will form part of an integrated care system with the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>Downham has three other doctors\u2019 surgeries &#8211; The Hollies Surgery, Bridge Street Surgery, and the Howdale Group Practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Revised designs to make a new healthcare facility and pharmacy even bigger have been given the green light.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,229,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-197403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-politics","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}