Construction of a new medical centre for Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire has reached the halfway point. The Simpson Centre and Millbarn Medical Centre will relocate into the purpose-built practice building next year, next to the Parkway site fronting onto the A40 to the south of the town.
The Beaconsfield Primary Care Centre is approximately 1800 sqm with a 125sqm pharmacy and will accommodate care for over 20,000 patients. The building will be highly sustainable with PV solar panels to generate electricity and 9 Electrical Vehicle Charging Points on site for staff and patients.
We’re funding the new development, which has also benefited from capital funding from NHS England as part of a national programme to support investment in the primary care estate. We’re also working alongside Ashe Group, BRP Architects, Expedite, McCann and Partners Ltd and Rossi Long Consulting to deliver this scheme by the anticipated completion date of January 2022.
The two-storey building has a 110-space car park, 29 clinical rooms, health education facilities and meeting rooms. Next to the building entrance, there will be a pharmacy. The building’s design will cater for the forecast increase in the town’s population arising from the new housing developments and allows both GP practices will retain their own identity whilst working collaboratively together for patients.
Dr Steve Brown, a senior partner at Millbarn, said: “I and all my staff at The Millbarn are very excited about the Beaconsfield community benefitting from a new surgery. We will be able to provide high-quality medical care and meet the challenges that the NHS faces in the future”.
Dr Moona Rakhit, a lead partner of the Simpson Centre, said; ”On behalf of my fellow partners and all staff at the Simpson centre, I would like to say how keenly we are awaiting a move to the new premises so we can further improve patient journeys. This will allow us to expand the experience collaborating with other agencies like volunteer groups and other support agencies to provide more holistic care also for the surrounding health community in the primary care network.”
Teresa Donnelly, NHS England Estates and Technology Transformation Fund Programme Manager, said: “NHS England has worked closely with both the Clinical Commissioning Group and the primary care development company Apollo Capital Projects Development Ltd to get to this stage of the development. We recognise that the provision of new surgery premises for the two practices is a very valuable development for the area and will provide the infrastructure to future-proof the provision of GP services for the area. We are delighted that the construction of this new GP surgery will shortly get underway.”