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New £6.7m Leeds health centre opens
A NEW multi-million pound health centre was opened this week, transforming the face of healthcare in west Leeds.
The 6.7m Wortley Beck Health Centre, built on the Ring Road to give Wortley residents all their primary healthcare needs under one roof, was officially opened by Leeds West MP John Battle on Thursday.
The centre boasts two GP practices – the Whitehall Surgery and the Hawthorn Surgery – as well as primary care mental health, district nursing and children's services.
Mr Battle said: "This new building provides high-quality local healthcare in a modern environment for all the people of Wortley and the neighbouring areas."
An on-site chemists, Freemans Pharmacy, was also built to provide the community with over-the-counter medication.
The MP met Primary Care Trust chairman Martin Drury and the chief executive of Leeds PCT, Christine Outram on the day of the opening.
The chief executive said: "This new centre will help transform healthcare facilities for local people as well as providing staff with 21st century surroundings to work in."
The centre is the seventh building to be opened across the city as part of the Local Improvement Finance Trust (Lift) programme, a partnership between Leeds City Council, Leeds PCT and Community Ventures Leeds Ltd.
Other Lift health care centres include Middleton Community Health Centre, Armley Moor Health Centre and Beeston Hill Community Health Centre.
Work on the health centre was completed in May, becoming operational a month later in June.
Work on a slip road to improve the entrance to the centre is set to last for four weeks.
Future plans for the site include a minor surgery suite.
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