{"id":494440,"date":"2026-03-25T12:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494440\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:22:08","slug":"worthing-45m-health-centre-clear-of-legionella-bacteria-but-work-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494440\/","title":{"rendered":"Worthing \u00a345m health centre clear of legionella bacteria but work continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In its statement, the council said Galliford Try was working through issues that needed to be addressed, including the legionella and a fault with the water system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said tests had confirmed the legionella had gone, but the water system would remain under Galliford Try&#8217;s control until all required works were fully completed, independently tested, and formally signed off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A council spokesman told the BBC some adaptations were required to the water system to maintain cold and hot water temperatures within appropriate ranges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The authority is working with Galliford Try and NHS bodies to agree a timetable for opening, but this depends on successful completion of tests as well as full handover documentation, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Costs are being closely monitored, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council has said the health centre will be the first of its kind in Sussex, bringing together a range of NHS services under one roof and improving people&#8217;s access to care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In its statement, the council said Galliford Try was working through issues that needed to be addressed, including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-494440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494440","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=494440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}