New health and wellbeing centre for Hanley

Outstanding new health facilities in Hanley town centre were opened on 31st December 2009. The project was commissioned by NHS Stoke on Trent and is part of a nation-wide programme, led by Lord Darzi, aimed at improving access to GP services and which calls on every PCT in England to establish a GP led Health Centre open for 12 hours a day, every day of the week.

AA Projects undertook the role of Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveyor on the project which comprised the design, refurbishment and fitting out of existing 1901 retail premises on the main street of Hanley. Site works were undertaken over a sixteen week construction period, inclusive of asbestos removal, allowing the centre to open on time in December. Accommodation includes five examination/treatment rooms, two phlebotomy rooms, one multi purpose room, one training/meeting room/library and one staff common room.

Commenting on the new Centre, Chief Executive, NHS Stoke on Trent, Graham Urwin, said: "This new Centre is about providing access to GPs and nurses, as easily as possible, to the people we seek to serve and care for".

"NHS Stoke on Trent has got to continuously evolve and look at new and innovative ways of bringing healthcare to the community and the Hanley Health and Wellbeing Centre is a great service in the heart of Stoke on Trent."