New building update
19 May 2023
Proposals to build three new GP health centres in the north of Sheffield were given the approval by NHS South Yorkshire’s board meeting in February.
Sheffield has been given £37m to improve primary care buildings in the city. Most of this money will be used to build the new health centres in areas that need them most, bringing together GP and other services under one roof.
NHS South Yorkshire consulted with people on behalf of the nine GP practices that were proposing to move into the new buildings, which included our practice.
Local people fed back in several ways and NHS South Yorkshire received over 5,000 responses. The feedback was used to help inform practices’ decisions on whether they wanted to continue with the plans and move into a new centre.
After considering public views and after discussions with the practices, it was agreed that the following sites would continue to be developed:
· Burngreave Surgery and Sheffield Medical Centre to relocate to a new health centre on Spital Street, S3 (next to Sheffield Medical Centre).
· Page Hall Medical Centre and Upwell Street Surgery to relocate to a new health centre on Rushby Street, S4.
· The Health Care Surgery, Buchanan Road Surgery, and Margetson Surgery to relocate to a new health centre on Buchanan Road / Wordsworth Avenue, S5.
However, the proposal for Firth Park Surgery and Shiregreen Medical Centre to move to a new health centre at Concord Sports Centre will not go ahead and the centre will not be built.
NHS South Yorkshire will be involving local communities in the design of buildings including disability stakeholder groups and young people to co-design finishes. They are also working with building design guides for people with certain needs such as those with dementia and autistic spectrum disorders.
We are aiming for construction to start at the end of 2023 with GPs and new patients expected to start using the new buildings from late 2024 /early 2025, once all plans have been finalised.
