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<\/p>\nHealth bosses are putting firm plans together to build a new medical surgery off Prince Charles Avenue, Mackworth, opposite the area’s shopping precinct<\/p>\n
(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service)<\/p>\n
A major deal has been agreed to build a much-needed new GP surgery in Derby.<\/p>\n
Derby City Council leaders have gave the nod to sell a section of public open space in Mackworth to the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).<\/p>\n
Health bosses are putting firm plans together to build a new medical surgery off Prince Charles Avenue, opposite the area’s shopping precinct.<\/p>\n
It is said a new medical centre in Mackworth is ‘desperately’ needed with residents having to travel to other areas to see a doctor. A campaign for better facilities has been going for some time.<\/p>\n
A report say current healthcare facilities in Mackworth are “no longer considered fit for purpose”. Action is also needed with thousands of more residents set to move into new homes.<\/p>\n
It is not yet known when building work could start but a planning application to the council would need to be submitted and approved first.<\/p>\n
An ICB spokesperson said: “The existing services are delivered from a former semi-detached house, which is deemed too small for the provision of modern general practice.<\/p>\n
“A new facility would provide a high-quality environment that supports clinicians to provide the people of Mackworth with good access to tailored healthcare.”<\/p>\n
Details of how much the new medical centre will cost are yet to be disclosed publicly. The ICB says an estimated cost “remains commercially confidential”.<\/p>\n
Leading Labour councillors approved for the sale of land to be agreed by both parties at a Derby City Council cabinet meeting on Wednesday (May 13).<\/p>\n
Council leader Nadine Peatfield said: “What welcome news, absolutely brilliant progress for Mackworth and well needed.”<\/p>\n
‘Ecstatic’ Mackworth and New Zealand councillor Ndukwe Onuoha told the meeting residents have to go to Allestree and other areas to see a GP due to a lack of facilities.<\/p>\n
He said: “This has been a long time coming. I think it has gone on for years.<\/p>\n
“The location is not just ideal but quite sensible. There is a bus stop so residents can use the bus and stop right outside the GP surgery should it be approved by planning. There’s a pharmacy across the road.<\/p>\n
“Years of campaigning have paid off. Residents have said they are very happy with this.”<\/p>\n
Councillor Alison Martin, cabinet member for health, highly welcomed the plans and said she was set for talks with health bosses to help push the plans further forward.<\/p>\n
She added: “I can’t think of a better use for that land. I think we all know Mackworth has a lot of open space but what it doesn’t have is easy access to a GP.<\/p>\n
“Improving GP access is one of five priorities for the government and our ICB.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health bosses are putting firm plans together to build a new medical surgery off Prince Charles Avenue, Mackworth,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[200369,85840,102,2960,2053,150659,229,146633,3538,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-586303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-allestree","tag-derby-city-council","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-labour-party","tag-mackworth","tag-politics","tag-prince-charles","tag-prince-of-wales","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586303","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=586303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}